jalousie

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: jal=ou=sie

CIDE DICTIONARY

jalousie, n. [F. See Jealousy.].

•  A Venetian or slatted inside window blind.  [1913 Webster]
•  A window or door made of multiple glass or plastic slats, which can be opened or closed like a jalousie{1}.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jalousie, n. a blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats to keep out rain etc. and control the influx of light.

Etymology

F (as JEALOUSY)

ROGET THESAURUS

jalousie

Airpipe

N airpipe, air pipe, air tube, airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole, shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea, bronchus, bronchia, larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle, ventiduct, ventilator, louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds, blowpipe, pipe, jhilmil, smokestack, screen, window screen, ' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.