Meanings
nountransom window (plural transom windows)
plural transom windows
- architectureA window above a door or another window.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan tarja
- tarjawindow above a door
Dutch bovenlicht
- bovenlichtwindow above a door
Finnish yläikkuna
- yläikkunawindow above a door
French imposte, vasistas
- impostewindow above a door
- vasistaswindow above a door
German Oberlicht, Kämpferfenster
- Oberlichtwindow above a door
- Kämpferfensterwindow above a door
Greek φεγγίτης
- φεγγίτης (fengítis)window above a door
Irish fuinneog thrasnáin, fuinneog fhardorais
- fuinneog thrasnáinwindow above a door
- fuinneog fhardoraiswindow above a door
Japanese 欄間
- 欄間window above a door
Polish naświetle, nadświetle
- naświetlewindow above a door
- nadświetlewindow above a door
Portuguese bandeira
- bandeirawindow above a door
Russian фо́рточка, фраму́га
- фо́рточка (fórtočka)window above a door
- фраму́га (framúga)window above a door
Spanish montante, banderola
- montantewindow above a door
- banderolawindow above a door
- lucetawindow above a door
Turkish vasistas
- vasistaswindow above a door
Ukrainian фраму́га
- фраму́га (framúha)window above a door
Welsh ffenestr linter
- ffenestr linterwindow above a door
Cite this entry
APA
transom window. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transom%20window
MLA
“transom window.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transom%20window. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transom window,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transom%20window.
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