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fenestra

fenestra noun: an opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.

fenestra: an opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane
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Noun

fenestra (plural fenestras or fenestrae or (obsolete) fenestræ)

  1. An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
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fenestra meaning in Tamil and Urdu

fenestra in Tamil

திறந்தவழி, திறவு, பலகணி

fenestra in Urdu

کھڑکی

Synonyms of fenestra

Forms of fenestra

pluralfenestras
pluralfenestrae
plural (obsolete)fenestræ

Origin of fenestra

Unadapted borrowing from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (“window”).

Questions about fenestra

What does fenestra mean?
Fenestra means an opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
What is fenestra in Tamil?
Fenestra in Tamil is திறந்தவழி, திறவு, பலகணி. See Fenestra meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fenestra?
Fenestra is a noun.
What is the plural of fenestra?
The plural of fenestra is fenestras.

Words near fenestra in the dictionary

  1. fenestella
  2. fenestellae
  3. fenestellate
  4. fenestellid
  5. fenestellids
  6. fenestra
  7. fenestra ovalis
  8. fenestra rotunda
  9. fenestrae
  10. fenestral
  11. fenestrals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fenestra (page history and authors); fenestra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fenestra (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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