jalousie

See also: Jalousie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʒalʊziː/, /ʒalʊˈziː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæləsiː/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

jalousie (plural jalousies)

1. (naval architecture) A component in a ventilation system.
2. Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:

     A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour.

   • 2014, Kate Pullinger, The Last Time I Saw Jane:

     Nowhere the glitter of a glass casement; Venetian blinds, jalousies, closed every window, and rooms projected in all directions to catch the luxury of a through-draft of air.

3. A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

Translations

window slats which form a blind or shutter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百叶窗 (zh) (bǎi yè chuāng)

• Dutch: jaloezie (nl) f, blinden (nl) pl
• French: jalousie (fr) f
• Georgian: დარაბა (ka) (daraba), ჟალიუზი (žaliuzi)
• German: Jalousie (de) f
• Greek: γρίλια (el) f (grília)
• Portuguese: gelosia (pt) f
• Russian: жалюзи́ (ru) (žaljuzí)
• Spanish: celosía (es) f
• Swedish: jalusi (sv) c
• Turkish: jaluzi (tr)

See also

• blind
• curtain

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.lu.zi/

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• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From jaloux +‎ -ie, 12th c..

Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

1. jealousy
2. (botany) edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)

   Synonyms: amarante tricolore, fleur de jalousie

3. (botany) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)

   Synonyms: bouquet parfait, bouquet tout fait, œillet barbu, œillet de poète

4. (agriculture) a type of pear (fruit)

Derived terms

• fleur de jalousie
• vert de jalousie

 

Etymology 2

jalousies (1)

moucharabieh (2)

Borrowed from Italian gelosia, 15th c., from the same root.

Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

1. Venetian blind
2. (historical) mashrabiyya, latticework screen

   Synonym: moucharabieh

Descendants

• → Czech: žaluzie
• → Danish: jalousi
• → Dutch: jaloezie
• → English: jalousie
• → German: Jalousie
• → Polish: żaluzja
• → Russian: жалюзи́ (žaljuzí)
  • → Estonian: žalusii
  • → Azerbaijani: jalüz
• → Turkish: jaluzi

Further reading

• “jalousie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “jalousie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• jelousye, gelusie, jalousye, jaloucie, gelusye, gelosye, jelosye, gelosesye, jelowsy, gelesye, gelousy, jelosie

Etymology

From Old French jalousie, derived from jalous, from Late Latin zelosus (“full of love and sympathy”), derived from Latin zelus (“zealous”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛˈluːsiː(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛlusiː(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛləsiː(ə)/

Noun

jalousie (plural jelousies)

1. Jealousness or jealousy in a relationship or marriage.
2. Passion; romantic or sexual desire.
3. zealousness, devotion, belief.
4. (rare) distrust, wrath, ire
5. (rare) care, wrath, ire
6. (rare) paranoia, suspecting

Descendants

• English: jealousy
• Scots: jealousy

References

• “jelǒusī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

1. (Jersey) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)

Synonyms

• girofliée valine