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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fenestra, probably from Etruscan.
Pronunciation
Noun
finiestra f (plural finiestras)
- window
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 37r:Qvando entro noe en el archa auẏe .dc. annos e fue el diluuio de las aguas abrieron ſe todas las fõtanas del abiſmo ⁊ fueron abiertas las fẏnieſtras de los cielos e plouio ſobre la tŕa .xL. dias ⁊ .xL. noches.- When Noah entered the ark he was six hundred years old. And the deluge of the waters took place. All the fountains of the deep were opened and so too the windows of the heavens. And it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Descendants
Spanish
Etymology
Older form of hiniestra, itself now archaic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈnjestɾa/
- Rhymes: -estɾa
- Syllabification: fi‧nies‧tra
Noun
finiestra f (plural finiestras)
- (obsolete) window
- Synonym: ventana
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