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8-letter words (1 found)

JALOUSIE,

7-letter words (2 found)

JALOUSE,JEALOUS,

6-letter words (5 found)

JOUALS,JOULES,LOUIES,OUIJAS,SAULIE,

5-letter words (21 found)

AISLE,AJIES,ALOES,AULOI,AULOS,EUSOL,ILEUS,JAILS,JIAOS,JOLES,JOUAL,JOULE,LIEUS,LOUIE,LOUIS,LOUSE,OUIJA,OUSEL,SAJOU,SALUE,SOLEI,

4-letter words (48 found)

AILS,AJIS,ALES,ALOE,ALSO,ALUS,EAUS,EUOI,ILEA,ISLE,JAIL,JIAO,JOES,JOLE,JOLS,LASE,LEAS,LEIS,LIAS,LIES,LIEU,LOSE,LOUS,LUES,OILS,OLEA,OLES,SAIL,SALE,SAUL,SEAL,SEIL,SIAL,SIJO,SILE,SILO,SJOE,SLAE,SLOE,SLUE,SOIL,SOJA,SOJU,SOLA,SOLE,SOLI,SOUL,ULES,

3-letter words (45 found)

AIL,AIS,AJI,ALE,ALS,ALU,AUE,EAS,EAU,ELS,IOS,ISO,JAI,JEU,JOE,JOL,JUS,LAS,LEA,LEI,LES,LEU,LIE,LIS,LOS,LOU,OES,OIL,OIS,OLE,OSE,OUS,SAE,SAI,SAL,SAU,SEA,SEI,SEL,SOL,SOU,SUE,SUI,ULE,USE,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AI,AL,AS,EA,EL,ES,IO,IS,JA,JO,LA,LI,LO,OE,OI,OS,OU,SI,SO,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 144 words from jalousie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jalousie

jalousie

Etymology

Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʒalʊziː/, /ʒalʊˈziː/
  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæləsiː/

Noun

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.
  3. A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

Translations

See also

  • blind
  • curtain

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒa.lu.zi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From jaloux +‎ -ie, 12th c..

Noun

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)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

  1. Venetian blind
  2. (historical) mashrabiyya, latticework screen
    Synonym: moucharabieh
Descendants
  • → Czech: žaluzie
  • → Danish: jalousi
  • → Dutch: jaloezie
  • → English: jalousie
  • → German: Jalousie
  • → Polish: żaluzja
  • → Russian: жалюзи́ (žaljuzí)
    • → Estonian: žalusii
    • → Azerbaijani: jalüz
  • → Turkish: jaluzi

Further reading

  • “jalousie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
  • “jalousie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • jelousye, gelusie, jalousye, jaloucie, gelusye, gelosye, jelosye, gelosesye, jelowsy, gelesye, gelousy, jelosie

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Descendants

  • English: jealousy
  • Scots: jealousy

References

  • “jelǒusī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

  1. (Jersey) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)

Synonyms

  • girofliée valine

Source: wiktionary.org