jalousie — meaning in English

English meaning

• envy noun A feeling of resentful longing for something someone else has.
• jalousie noun A component in a ventilation system.
• jealousy noun A feeling of resentment or insecurity caused by fear of losing someone's affection or by envy of another's advantage.

Senses

jalousie is used for these senses in English:

• Venetian blind A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.
• envy Resentful desire of something possessed by another or others (but not limited to material possessions). [from 13th c.]
• jalousie Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
• jealousy (countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.

envy — full definition

1. noun A feeling of resentful longing for something someone else has.
2. verb To feel resentful desire for what someone else has.

jalousie — full definition

1. noun A component in a ventilation system.
2. noun Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
3. noun A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

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