finiestra

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fenestra, probably from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

Noun

finiestra f (plural finiestras)

  1. 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: hiniestra, finiestra

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Older form of hiniestra, itself now archaic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈnjestɾa/
  • Rhymes: -estɾa
  • Syllabification: fi‧nies‧tra

Noun

finiestra f (plural finiestras)

  1. (obsolete) window
    Synonym: ventana

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