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janela.

window

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/Brazil/ʒɐˈnɛ.lɐ/Portugal/ʒɐˈnɛ.la/Northeast-Brazil

  1. window

    feminine
    Começou a chover! Fecha as janelas!

  2. a gap left by a milk tooth

    childish · diminutive · feminine · usually

  3. window (period of time)

    feminine

  4. window (area on a computer screen)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese janella, from Vulgar Latin *iānuella, diminutive of Latin iānua (“door”). Etymology 1, noun sense 3 and etymology 1, noun sense 4 are semantic loans from English window. Compare Galician xanela, Mirandese jinela. Related to Mozarabic יאנה (yʔnh).

verb/ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/Brazil/ʒɐˈnɛ.lɐ/Portugal/ʒɐˈnɛ.la/Northeast-Brazil

  1. inflection of janelar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of janelar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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