janela

Portuguese
janela

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese janella (“window”), from Vulgar Latin *januella (“window”), diminutive of Latin jānua, alternative spelling of iānua (“door, double-doored entrance”), from Iānus (“Janus, Roman god of gates and doorways”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).

Cognate with Galician xanela and Mirandese jinela.

Compare with Mozarabic يانة

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒɐ.ˈnɛ.la/, /ʒɐ.ˈnɛ.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ne‧la

Noun

janela f (plural janelas)

  1. window
    • 1902, Fernando Pessoa, “Quando ela passa”:
      Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…
      When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…
    Começou a chover! Fecha as janelas!
    It started raining! Shut the windows!

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:janela.

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Verb

janela

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of janelar
    Ele janela.
    He stands by the window.
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of janelar
    Tu aí, janela sozinho.
    You there, stand by the window by yourself.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:janelar.

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese janela (“window”), from Vulgar Latin *januella (“window”), diminutive of the word jānua, alternative spelling of Latin iānua (“door”).

Noun

janela

  1. window
    Livru sira hanesan janela nakloke ba mundu.
    Books are open windows to the world.
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