dormer-window

noun

An upright window built from a sloping roof.

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dormant windowdormerlucarneluthern
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Meanings

noundormer-window (plural dormer-windows)

plural dormer-windows · alternative dormer window

  1. An upright window built from a sloping roof.

    He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.

    1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars

    Synonyms: dormant window, dormer, lucarne, luthern

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn upright window built from a sloping roof.

Similar
dormant windowdormerlucarneluthern

Origin

See dormer.

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Translations

Bulgarian капандура
  • капандура (kapandura)upright window in a roof
Catalan claraboia
  • claraboiaupright window in a roof
Chinese Mandarin 老虎窗
  • 老虎窗 (lǎohǔchuāng)upright window in a roof
Czech vikýř
  • vikýřupright window in a roof
Danish kvistvindye
  • kvistvindyeupright window in a roof
Dutch dakvenster
  • dakvensterupright window in a roof
Finnish kattolyhty, ullakkoikkuna
  • kattolyhtyupright window in a roof
  • ullakkoikkunaupright window in a roof
French lucarne
  • lucarneupright window in a roof
German Gaube, Gaubenfenster
  • Gaubeupright window in a roof
  • Gaubenfensterupright window in a roof
  • Dachgaubenfensterupright window in a roof
  • Dachgaubeupright window in a roof
Icelandic kvistgluggi
  • kvistgluggiupright window in a roof
Irish fuinneog dhormánta
  • fuinneog dhormántaupright window in a roof
Italian abbaino
  • abbainoupright window in a roof
Polish facjata
  • facjataupright window in a roof
Portuguese trapeira
  • trapeiraupright window in a roof
Romanian lucarnă
  • lucarnăupright window in a roof
Russian слухово́е окно́
  • слухово́е окно́ (sluxovóje oknó)upright window in a roof
Scottish Gaelic uinneag mullaich
  • uinneag mullaichupright window in a roof
Spanish buhardilla
  • buhardillaupright window in a roof
Cite this entry
APA

dormer-window. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormer-window

MLA

“dormer-window.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormer-window. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dormer-window,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormer-window.

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