"fenestra" meaning in Latin

See fenestra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /feˈnes.tra/ [Classical-Latin], [fɛˈnɛs̠t̪rä] [Classical-Latin], /feˈnes.tra/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [feˈnɛst̪rä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Apparently from Etruscan *fnestra (and fēstra from Etruscan *fenstra), compare the personal name Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci) and the placename Latin Fensernia, but nothing is known about the meaning of the Etruscan base. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ett|*fnestra}} Etruscan *fnestra, {{der|la|ett|*fenstra}} Etruscan *fenstra, {{m+|ett|tr=fnes-ci}} Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci), {{m+|la|Fensernia}} Latin Fensernia Head templates: {{la-noun|fenestra<1>}} fenestra f (genitive fenestrae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|fenestra<1>}} Forms: fenestrae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fenestra [nominative, singular], fenestrae [nominative, plural], fenestrae [genitive, singular], fenestrārum [genitive, plural], fenestrae [dative, singular], fenestrīs [dative, plural], fenestram [accusative, singular], fenestrās [accusative, plural], fenestrā [ablative, singular], fenestrīs [ablative, plural], fenestra [singular, vocative], fenestrae [plural, vocative]
  1. a window, an opening for light, Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-fenestra-la-noun-YiT-dVx3 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 21 18 19 25
  2. a breach Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-fenestra-la-noun-UdKrZMhS Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 21 18 19 25
  3. a loophole, an arrowslit Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-fenestra-la-noun-h9vQ-gRP Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 21 18 19 25
  4. an orifice, inlet Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-fenestra-la-noun-2ordWH9F Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 21 18 19 25
  5. an opportunity, opening, occasion, window of opportunity Tags: declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Archery, Architecture
    Sense id: en-fenestra-la-noun-gOv0xrEU Disambiguation of Archery: 7 10 25 18 40 Disambiguation of Architecture: 5 11 27 6 51 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 13 26 6 51 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 17 21 18 19 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 4 12 30 6 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 7 32 4 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fēstra Derived forms: fenestella, fenestrula

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fenestella"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fenestrula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "fireastrã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: fireastrã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: fireastrã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "fereastră"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: fereastră, fereastă\n→ Romani: felyastra",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: fereastră, fereastă\n→ Romani: felyastra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "finiastra",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "finiastra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "finiastra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "fenesta"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: fenesta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: fenesta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "finestra",
            "3": "finesra"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: finestra, finesra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: finestra, finesra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "fnèstra"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: fnèstra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: fnèstra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "3": "finestra",
            "4": "fnestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: fenestra, finestra, fnestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: fenestra, finestra, fnestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "fnestra",
            "3": "fnesta"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: fnestra, fnesta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: fnestra, fnesta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "fanestra",
            "3": "finiastra",
            "4": "fnestra",
            "5": "faneastra"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: fanestra, finiastra, fnestra, faneastra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: fanestra, finiastra, fnestra, faneastra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "finestra",
            "3": "fenestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: finestra, fenestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: finestra, fenestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "fenétra"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: fenétra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: fenétra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "fenestre"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: fenestre",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: fenestre (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "hrièsta",
            "3": "herièsta",
            "4": "hièstra",
            "5": "hiestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: hrièsta, herièsta, hièstra, hiestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: hrièsta, herièsta, hièstra, hiestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fenèstra"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: fenèstra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: fenèstra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "fẽestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fẽestra\nGalician: fiestra\nPortuguese: fresta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fẽestra\nGalician: fiestra\nPortuguese: fresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "finiestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: finiestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: finiestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es-ear",
            "2": "hiniestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Early Modern Spanish: hiniestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Early Modern Spanish: hiniestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "fënjeshtër",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: fënjeshtër",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: fënjeshtër"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "prenestr",
            "3": "fenestr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Breton: prenestr, fenestr",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or via French"
          },
          "expansion": "(or via French)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: prenestr, fenestr (or via French)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "fenester",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cornish: fenester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cornish: fenester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: fenestra (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: fenestra (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "seinistir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: seinistir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: seinistir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fenestra (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fenestra (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*fenestr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *fenestr",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *fenestr (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: fenestra (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: fenestra (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffenestr",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ffenestr, ffenest",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ffenestr, ffenest"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "*fnestra"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan *fnestra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "*fenstra"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan *fenstra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ett",
        "tr": "fnes-ci"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Fensernia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Fensernia",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apparently from Etruscan *fnestra (and fēstra from Etruscan *fenstra), compare the personal name Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci) and the placename Latin Fensernia, but nothing is known about the meaning of the Etruscan base.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fenestra<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "fenestra f (genitive fenestrae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fenestra<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 18 19 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This house has four windows.",
          "text": "Haec domus quattuor fenestrās habet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a window, an opening for light,"
      ],
      "id": "en-fenestra-la-noun-YiT-dVx3",
      "links": [
        [
          "window",
          "window"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 18 19 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a breach"
      ],
      "id": "en-fenestra-la-noun-UdKrZMhS",
      "links": [
        [
          "breach",
          "breach"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 18 19 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a loophole, an arrowslit"
      ],
      "id": "en-fenestra-la-noun-h9vQ-gRP",
      "links": [
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ],
        [
          "arrowslit",
          "arrowslit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 18 19 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an orifice, inlet"
      ],
      "id": "en-fenestra-la-noun-2ordWH9F",
      "links": [
        [
          "orifice",
          "orifice"
        ],
        [
          "inlet",
          "inlet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 13 26 6 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 18 19 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 12 30 6 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 32 4 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 10 25 18 40",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Archery",
          "orig": "la:Archery",
          "parents": [
            "Sports",
            "Weapons",
            "Human activity",
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 27 6 51",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "la:Architecture",
          "parents": [
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an opportunity, opening, occasion, window of opportunity"
      ],
      "id": "en-fenestra-la-noun-gOv0xrEU",
      "links": [
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ],
        [
          "window of opportunity",
          "window of opportunity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/feˈnes.tra/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛˈnɛs̠t̪rä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feˈnes.tra/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[feˈnɛst̪rä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fēstra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fenestra"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Etruscan",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Etruscan terms",
    "la:Archery",
    "la:Architecture"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fenestella"
    },
    {
      "word": "fenestrula"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "fireastrã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: fireastrã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: fireastrã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "fereastră"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: fereastră, fereastă\n→ Romani: felyastra",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: fereastră, fereastă\n→ Romani: felyastra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "finiastra",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "finiastra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "finiastra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "fenesta"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: fenesta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: fenesta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "finestra",
            "3": "finesra"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: finestra, finesra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: finestra, finesra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "fnèstra"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: fnèstra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: fnèstra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "3": "finestra",
            "4": "fnestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: fenestra, finestra, fnestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: fenestra, finestra, fnestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "fnestra",
            "3": "fnesta"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: fnestra, fnesta",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: fnestra, fnesta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "fanestra",
            "3": "finiastra",
            "4": "fnestra",
            "5": "faneastra"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: fanestra, finiastra, fnestra, faneastra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: fanestra, finiastra, fnestra, faneastra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "finestra",
            "3": "fenestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: finestra, fenestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: finestra, fenestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "fenétra"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: fenétra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: fenétra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "fenestre"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: fenestre",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: fenestre (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "hrièsta",
            "3": "herièsta",
            "4": "hièstra",
            "5": "hiestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: hrièsta, herièsta, hièstra, hiestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: hrièsta, herièsta, hièstra, hiestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "fenèstra"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: fenèstra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: fenèstra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "finestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: finestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: finestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "fẽestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fẽestra\nGalician: fiestra\nPortuguese: fresta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: fẽestra\nGalician: fiestra\nPortuguese: fresta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "finiestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: finiestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: finiestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es-ear",
            "2": "hiniestra"
          },
          "expansion": "Early Modern Spanish: hiniestra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Early Modern Spanish: hiniestra"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "fënjeshtër",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: fënjeshtër",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: fënjeshtër"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "prenestr",
            "3": "fenestr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Breton: prenestr, fenestr",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or via French"
          },
          "expansion": "(or via French)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: prenestr, fenestr (or via French)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "fenester",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cornish: fenester",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cornish: fenester"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: fenestra (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: fenestra (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "seinistir",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: seinistir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: seinistir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: fenestra (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: fenestra (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*fenestr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *fenestr",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *fenestr (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "fenestra",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: fenestra (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: fenestra (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "ffenestr",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: ffenestr, ffenest",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: ffenestr, ffenest"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "*fnestra"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan *fnestra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ett",
        "3": "*fenstra"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan *fenstra",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ett",
        "tr": "fnes-ci"
      },
      "expansion": "Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "Fensernia"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Fensernia",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apparently from Etruscan *fnestra (and fēstra from Etruscan *fenstra), compare the personal name Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci) and the placename Latin Fensernia, but nothing is known about the meaning of the Etruscan base.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenestrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fenestra<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "fenestra f (genitive fenestrae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fenestra<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This house has four windows.",
          "text": "Haec domus quattuor fenestrās habet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a window, an opening for light,"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "window",
          "window"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a breach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breach",
          "breach"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a loophole, an arrowslit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loophole",
          "loophole"
        ],
        [
          "arrowslit",
          "arrowslit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an orifice, inlet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orifice",
          "orifice"
        ],
        [
          "inlet",
          "inlet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an opportunity, opening, occasion, window of opportunity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "opening",
          "opening"
        ],
        [
          "occasion",
          "occasion"
        ],
        [
          "window of opportunity",
          "window of opportunity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/feˈnes.tra/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛˈnɛs̠t̪rä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feˈnes.tra/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[feˈnɛst̪rä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fēstra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fenestra"
}

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