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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?æl?si?/

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

Translations

See also

• blind
• curtain

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.lu.zi/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From jaloux +? -ie, 12th c.

Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

1. jealousy

Derived terms

• vert de jalousie

Etymology 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: ?aluzja
• ? Russian: ??????? (žaljuzí)
• ? Turkish: jaluzi

Further reading

• “jalousie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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 ????? (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???lu?si?(?)/, /?d??lusi?(?)/, /?d??l?si?(?)/

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

• “jel?us?(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

Synonyms

• girofliée valine

English

Noun

louvers

1. plural of louver

Anagrams

• louvres, velours