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fanlight in French

fanlight in French is fenêtre en éventail — fanlight means a small, often fan-shaped window above a door, sometimes hinged so it can open.

fanlight in French

fenêtre en éventail
noun
(architectural element) A semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom.

What does "fanlight" mean?

  1. noun A small, often fan-shaped window above a door, sometimes hinged so it can open.
    "It turned out to be a big gloomy pile with ivy and peeling walls and a smashed fanlight over the door, the kind of place where you picture a mad stepdaughter locked up in the attic."
  2. noun An electric fan, usually fitted to a ceiling, that also works as a light.
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fanlight in a sentence

  • It turned out to be a big gloomy pile with ivy and peeling walls and a smashed fanlight over the door, the kind of place where you picture a mad stepdaughter locked up in the attic.
  • This street is Summer. Faces of brick run together to make a single block-long face. The house numbers are set in fanlights of stained glass above the doors.

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What is "fanlight" in French?
"fanlight" in French is fenêtre en éventail. fanlight means: A small, often fan-shaped window above a door, sometimes hinged so it can open.
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