lucarne

Meaning

1. (feminine) dormer window
2. (feminine) skylight
3. (colloquial, feminine) top corner of the net

Concepts

skylight

dormer-window

dormer

porthole

dormer window

upper corner

clearness

spire light

fanlight

louver

roof-light

window

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Synonyms

fenêtre de toit

vasistas

tabatière

écoutille

claires-voies

éclairage

vélux

hublot

Translations

Dachfenster

abbaino

lucernario

dakraam

claraboya

Dachluke

tragaluz

clarabóia

Dachgaubenfenster

claraboia

patrijspoort

luik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ly.kaʁn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: lucarne

Inherited from Old French: lucanne

Cognate with Middle Low German: lûke

Cognate with Dutch: luik

Cognate with German: Luke

In summary

Inherited from Middle French lucarne, luquarme, from Old French lucanne (“opening in the roof of a house, skylight, loft”), from Frankish *lūkinnjā (“opening closed by a valve, flap”), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *lūkā (“hatch, window”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to lock, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Middle Low German lûke (“skylight, window”), Dutch luik (“trap door, shutter”), German Luke (“hatch, hatchway, skylight”). More at lock.