Colloquial Variant guide

windowpane

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn/
  • US: /ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: W IH1 N D OW0 P EY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fabric pattern of widely-spaced intersecting vertical and horizontal lines forming large squares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A gelatin base tab with LSD.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Scophthalmus aquosus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounder

5

noun

Meaning 5

a pane of glass in a window

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ball shattered the window

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: window

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pane, pane of glass, window glass

History

Etymology

From window + pane.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: perderuiters — piece of glass filling a window
  • Albanian: dritares — piece of glass filling a window
  • Azerbaijani: pencere camı — piece of glass filling a window
  • Belarusian: ако́ннае шкло (akónnaje šklo) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Belarusian: шкло (šklo) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Belarusian: шы́бка (šýbka) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Belarusian: шы́ба (šýba) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Chinese Mandarin: 窗玻璃 (chuāngbōli) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Czech: okenní tabule — piece of glass filling a window
  • Danish: rude — piece of glass filling a window
  • Dutch: vensterruit — piece of glass filling a window
  • Dutch: vensterglas — piece of glass filling a window
  • Dutch: ruit — piece of glass filling a window
  • Esperanto: glaco — piece of glass filling a window
  • Estonian: aknaklaas — piece of glass filling a window
  • Faroese: rútur — piece of glass filling a window
  • Finnish: ikkunaruutu — piece of glass filling a window
  • Finnish: ruutu — piece of glass filling a window
  • French: vitre — piece of glass filling a window
  • French: carreau — piece of glass filling a window
  • German: Scheibe — piece of glass filling a window
  • German: Fensterscheibe — piece of glass filling a window
  • German: Glasscheibe — piece of glass filling a window
  • Greek: υαλοπίνακας (yalopínakas) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Hebrew: שִׁמְשָׁה (shimshá) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Hebrew: זְגוּגִית (zgugít) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Hungarian: ablaktábla — piece of glass filling a window
  • Hungarian: ablaküveg — piece of glass filling a window
  • Ingrian: ruuto — piece of glass filling a window
  • Irish: gloine fuinneoige — piece of glass filling a window
  • Irish: pána fuinneoige — piece of glass filling a window
  • Italian: vetrata — piece of glass filling a window
  • Italian: cristallo — piece of glass filling a window
  • Japanese: 窓ガラス (mado garasu) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Kikuyu: gĩcicio — piece of glass filling a window
  • Korean: 유리창 (yurichang) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Korean: 창유리 (chang'yuri) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Manx: kerrin — piece of glass filling a window
  • Māori: karaehe wini — piece of glass filling a window
  • Marathi: खिडकीची काच (khiḍkīcī kāc) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Navajo: tsésǫʼ — piece of glass filling a window
  • Norman: ôsaine — piece of glass filling a window
  • Norman: vitre — piece of glass filling a window
  • Plautdietsch: Rut — piece of glass filling a window
  • Polish: szyba okienna — piece of glass filling a window
  • Polish: szyba — piece of glass filling a window
  • Portuguese: vidraça — piece of glass filling a window
  • Romanian: geam — piece of glass filling a window
  • Russian: стекло́ (stekló) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Russian: око́нное стекло́ (okónnoje stekló) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Scottish Gaelic: leòsan — piece of glass filling a window
  • Serbo-Croatian: прозорско окно — piece of glass filling a window
  • Serbo-Croatian: prozorsko okno — piece of glass filling a window
  • Spanish: vidrio de ventana — piece of glass filling a window
  • Spanish: hoja vítrea — piece of glass filling a window
  • Swedish: ruta — piece of glass filling a window
  • Swedish: fönsterruta — piece of glass filling a window
  • Tagalog: salamin ng bintana — piece of glass filling a window
  • Turkish: pencere camı — piece of glass filling a window
  • Ukrainian: віко́нне скло (vikónne sklo) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Ukrainian: ши́бка (šýbka) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Ukrainian: скло (sklo) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Ukrainian: ши́ба (šýba) — piece of glass filling a window
  • Unami: shapòntèk — piece of glass filling a window
  • Uzbek: deraza oynasi — piece of glass filling a window
  • Vietnamese: kính cửa sổ — piece of glass filling a window
  • Welsh: gwydr ffenestr — piece of glass filling a window