espagnolette

English edit

Window with espagnolette.

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French espagnolette.

Noun edit

espagnolette (plural espagnolettes)

A locking device normally mounted on a pair French windows or casement window.

Translations edit

locking device

Catalan: falleba f
Dutch: espagnoletsluiting
French: espagnolette (fr) f
German: Drehriegel m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: espagnolett (no) m
Swedish: spanjolett (sv) c

Further reading edit

espagnolette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French edit

Etymology edit

From espagnole +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛs.pa.ɲɔ.lɛt/
Audio (file)

Noun edit

espagnolette f (plural espagnolettes)

espagnolette (window locking device)

Usage notes edit

Sometimes confounded with the similar crémone.

Further reading edit

“espagnolette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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