Meanings
nounabat-jour (plural abat-jours)
plural abat-jours · alternative abatjour
- A skylight.
- A sloping, box-like structure, flaring upward and open at the top, attached to a window on the outside, to prevent those within from seeing objects below, or for the purpose of directing light downward into the window.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
- Latinbattuō
- Latinbattō
- Late Latinabbattō
- Old Frenchabatre
- Middle Frenchabbatre
- Frenchabat
- Proto-Indo-European*dyew-
- Proto-Indo-European*dyḗws
- Proto-Italic*djous
- Latindiēs
- Latindiurnus
- Late Latindiurnum
- Old Frenchjor
- Middle Frenchjour
- Frenchjour
- Frenchabat-jour
- Englishabat-jour
Borrowed from French abat-jour.
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abat-jour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abat-jour
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Chicago
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