fenestra
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (“window”).
Noun edit
fenestra (plural fenestras or fenestrae or (obsolete) fenestræ)
- (anatomy) An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
- 2010, Aina J. Gulya, Lloyd B. Minor, Michael E. Glasscock, Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear, page 536:
- The platinum shaft connecting the ribbon to the piston base is a rounded wire and can be easily angulated after placement of the prosthesis for optimal incus to fenestra reach.
Synonyms edit
- vestibular window, oval window (in reference to the human ear)
Anagrams edit
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
From Latin. Compare Italian finestra, French fenêtre, Esperanto fenestro, German Fenster, Dutch venster, Romanian fereastră, Catalan finestra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fenestra (plural fenestras)
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Apparently from Etruscan *fnestra (and fēstra from Etruscan *fenstra), compare the peronal name Etruscan [script needed] (fnes-ci) and the placename Latin Fensernia, but nothing is known about the meaning of the Etruscan base.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /feˈnes.tra/, [fɛˈnɛs̠t̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /feˈnes.tra/, [feˈnɛst̪rä]
Noun edit
fenestra f (genitive fenestrae); first declension
- a window, an opening for light,
- Haec domus quattuor fenestras habet.
- This house has four windows.
- a breach
- a loophole, an arrowslit
- an orifice, inlet
- an opportunity, opening, occasion, window of opportunity
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | fenestra | fenestrae |
Genitive | fenestrae | fenestrārum |
Dative | fenestrae | fenestrīs |
Accusative | fenestram | fenestrās |
Ablative | fenestrā | fenestrīs |
Vocative | fenestra | fenestrae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “fenestra”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 478
Further reading edit
- “fenestra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fenestra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fenestra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fenestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “fenestra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “fenestra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Compare the inherited doublet fresta.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fe‧nes‧tra
Noun edit
fenestra f (plural fenestras)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
fenestra f (plural fenestre)
References edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Doublet of hiniestra, which was inherited.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fenestra f (plural fenestras)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fenestra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014