espagnolette

English

Window with espagnolette.

Etymology

Borrowed from French espagnolette.

Noun

espagnolette (plural espagnolettes)

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

Translations

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

• espagnolette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From espagnole +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.pa.ɲɔ.lɛt/

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Noun

espagnolette f (plural espagnolettes)

1. espagnolette (window locking device)

Usage notes

Sometimes confounded with the similar crémone.

Further reading

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