jalousies

We have found lemma(root) word of jalousies : jalousie.

Definitions


[ˌʒalʊˈziː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats
(e.g: he peeped between the half-open jalousies)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: French, literally ‘jealousy’, from Italian geloso ‘jealous’, also (by extension) ‘screen’, associated with the screening of women from view in the Middle East




definition by Oxford Dictionaries