Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Jalousie |
JalousieNoun1. A window with glass louvers. 2. A shutter made of angled slats. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Jalousie \Ja`lou`sie"\, noun. [French expression See Jealousy.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: JalousieSynonym: louvered window (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Airpipe | Noun: air pipe, air tube; airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea; bronchus, bronchia; larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle; ventiduct, ventilator; louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds; blowpipe. (wind); pipe. (tube); jhilmil; smokestack. |
Envy | Noun: envy; enviousness; Adjective: rivalry; jalousie de milier; illwill, spite. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jalousie |
| Specialty definitions using "jalousie": Stewing in their own Gravy. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "jalousie": Jealousy. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Jalousie" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (Ardor, blind, blinds, envy, green-eyed monster, Jalousie, jealousy, louver), German (blind(s) Venetian ~, blinds, Louvre, roller-blind, shade, venetian blinds). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tango Jalousie (1944) La Jalousie du barbouillé (1929) Le Triomphe de la jalousie (2002) Jalousie (2001) Tango Jalousie (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Jalousie" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Jalousie" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "jalousie"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Grilë Dritaresh (blind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حصيرة نافذة, حصيرة (mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Жалузи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Žaluzie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | jalousiglas (louver, louvre), jalousi (blind, louvre, shutter, venetian blind, ventilator), persienne (blind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jalouzie (louver, louvre, venetian blind), jaloezie (envy, jealousy, Venetian blind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kaihdinlasi (louver, louvre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Jalousie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Jalousie (blind(s) Venetian ~, blinds, Louvre, roller-blind, shade, venetian blinds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράθυρο με κινητές γρίλλιες (blind), "περσίδες". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Zsalu (louver, louver-boards, louvre, persian blinds). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | veneziana (venetian blind), Persiana (blind, roller-blind), lamella per gelosia (louver, louvre), gelosia (envy, jealousness, jealousy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alousiejay persiana (blind, roller-blind, venetian, venetian blind). (various references) Jaluzie, Storuri (russian tapestry), Obloane. (various references) Жалюзи (Louvre). (various references) žaluzine. (various references) celosía (lattice). (various references) Persienn (venetian), Jalusi (envy, jealousy, roll top, shade). (various references) บานเกล็"หน้าต่างหรือประตู. (various references) Jaluzi (blind, persian blinds, persiennes, venetian blind, window shade), Panjur (blinds, shade, shutter, window shade). (various references) Жалюзі (Louvre). (various references) m nh m nh (blind, sun-blind), bức m nh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jalousie": jalousies. (additional references) | |
| |
"Jalousie" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aloussine, jalosie, jalousi, jalousy, japonsime, jelousy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-j-l-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: jealous. | |
-2 letters: jouals, joules, louies. | |
-3 letters: aisle, aloes, ileus, jails, joles, joual, joule, lieus, louie, louis, louse, ousel, sajou, solei. | |
-4 letters: ails, ales, aloe, also, ilea, isle, jail, jiao, joes, jole, lase, leas, leis, lies, lieu, lose, lues, oils, olea, oles, sail, sale, saul, seal, sial, silo, sloe, slue, soil, soja, sola, sole, soli. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-j-l-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: jailhouse, jalousies. | |
+2 letters: jailhouses, jealousies. | |
+3 letters: journalizes. | |
+4 letters: ejaculations, jocularities, journalizers. | |
+5 letters: conjugalities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 6C 6F 75 73 69 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .- .-.. --- ..- ... .. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01101100 01101111 01110101 01110011 01101001 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a l o u s i e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 006C 006F 0075 0073 0069 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4467788187857571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
