jalousie

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

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Noun

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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.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
      A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour.
    • 2014, Kate Pullinger, The Last Time I Saw Jane:
      Nowhere the glitter of a glass casement; Venetian blinds, jalousies, closed every window, and rooms projected in all directions to catch the luxury of a through-draft of air.
  3. A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

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French

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Etymology 1

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From jaloux +‎ -ie, 12th c..

Noun

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jalousie f (plural jalousies)

  1. jealousy
  2. (botany) edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)
    Synonyms: amarante tricolore, fleur de jalousie
  3. (botany) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)
    Synonyms: bouquet parfait, bouquet tout fait, œillet barbu, œillet de poète
  4. (agriculture) a type of pear (fruit)
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Etymology 2

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jalousies (1)
moucharabieh (2)

Borrowed from Italian gelosia, 15th c., from the same root.

Noun

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jalousie f (plural jalousies)

  1. Venetian blind
  2. (historical) mashrabiyya, latticework screen
    Synonym: moucharabieh
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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old French jalousie, derived from jalous, from Late Latin zelosus (full of love and sympathy), derived from Latin zelus (zealous), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, envy, lust, rivalry).

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  • IPA(key): /dʒɛˈluːsiː(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛlusiː(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛləsiː(ə)/

Noun

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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

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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jalousie f (plural jalousies)

  1. (Jersey) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)

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