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windowsill

noun · 2 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.

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  • UK: /ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl/
  • UK: /ˈwɪndəˌsɪl/
  • US: /ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sill

History

Etymology

From window + sill.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պատուհանագոգ (patuhanagog) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Azerbaijani: pəncərəaltı — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Bashkir: тәҙрә төбө (təźrə töbö) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Belarusian: падако́ннік (padakónnik) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Catalan: ampit — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Chinese Mandarin: 窗臺 /窗台 (chuāngtái) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Czech: okenní parapet — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Czech: parapet — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Danish: vindueskarm — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Dutch: vensterbank — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Dutch: onderdorpel — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Erzya: вальмаланго (vaľmalango) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Esperanto: fenestrosojlo — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Esperanto: fenestrobreto — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Estonian: aknalaud — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Finnish: ikkunalauta — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • French: appui de fenêtre — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Galician: peitoril — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Galician: antepeito — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • German: Fensterbank — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • German: Fensterbrett — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • German: Brüstung — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • German: Sims — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • German: Fensterbrüstung — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Hungarian: ablakpárkány — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Hungarian: ablakdeszka — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Hungarian: könyöklő — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Hungarian: párkány — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Icelandic: gluggakista — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Ingrian: poduška — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Irish: leac fuinneoige — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Irish: tairseach fuinneoige — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Irish: urlár fuinneoige — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Italian: davanzale — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Japanese: 窓台 (madodai) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Korean: 창턱 (changteok) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Northern Kurdish: teqişk — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Latvian: palodze — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Lithuanian: palángė — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Macedonian: пе́рваз (pérvaz) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Macedonian: симс (sims) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Maltese: ħoġor it-tieqa — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Nogai: терезетуьп (terezetüp) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Norman: sîle — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinduskarm — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindaugskarm — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Polish: parapet — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Polish: podokiennik — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Portuguese: parapeito — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Romanian: pervaz — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Russian: подоко́нник (podokónnik) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Scottish Gaelic: oir uinneig — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Scottish Gaelic: sòla uinneige — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Serbo-Croatian: симс — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Serbo-Croatian: прозорска даска — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Serbo-Croatian: sims — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Serbo-Croatian: prozorska daska — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Slovak: parapet — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Southern Altai: кӧзнӧктиҥ бозогозы (köznöktiŋ bozogozï) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Spanish: antepecho — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Spanish: repisa — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Spanish: alféizar — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Spanish: alfeiza — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Spanish: fallanca — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Spanish: vierteaguas — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Swedish: fönsterbräda — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Swedish: fönsterbleck — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Turkish: pencere kenarı — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Ukrainian: підвіко́ння (pidvikónnja) — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Uzbek: derazatokcha — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Vietnamese: bậu — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Volapük: fenätaboed — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame
  • Welsh: sil(ff) fenestr — the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame