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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORIEL WINDOW

From Old French oriol gallery, perhaps from Medieval Latin auleolum niche.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORIEL WINDOW

oriel window  [ˈɔːrɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORIEL WINDOW

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oriel window is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORIEL WINDOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

oriel window

Oriel window

An oriel window is a form of bay window which projects from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. Supported by corbels, brackets or similar, an oriel window is most commonly found projecting from an upper floor but is also sometimes used on the ground floor. Oriel windows are seen in Arab architecture in the form of mashrabiya. In Islamic culture these windows and balconies project from the street front of houses, providing an area in which women could peer out and see the activities below while remaining invisible.

Definition of oriel window in the English dictionary

The definition of oriel window in the dictionary is a bay window, esp one that is supported by one or more brackets or corbels Sometimes shortened to: oriel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORIEL WINDOW


advertorial
ˌædvɜːˈtɔːrɪəl
ambassadorial
æmˌbæsəˈdɔːrɪəl
boreal
ˈbɔːrɪəl
combinatorial
ˌkɒmbɪnəˈtɔːrɪəl
dictatorial
ˌdɪktəˈtɔːrɪəl
directorial
ˌdɪrekˈtɔːrɪəl
editorial
ˌɛdɪˈtɔːrɪəl
equatorial
ˌɛkwəˈtɔːrɪəl
factorial
fækˈtɔːrɪəl
gubernatorial
ˌɡjuːbənəˈtɔːrɪəl
janitorial
ˌdʒænɪˈtɔːrɪəl
loreal
ˈlɔːrɪəl
memorial
mɪˈmɔːrɪəl
pictorial
pɪkˈtɔːrɪəl
sectorial
sɛkˈtɔːrɪəl
senatorial
ˌsɛnəˈtɔːrɪəl
sensorial
senˈsɔːrɪəl
territorial
ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəl
tutorial
tjuːˈtɔːrɪəl
vectorial
vɛkˈtɔːrɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORIEL WINDOW

oriel
orielled
oriency
orient
oriental
Oriental almandine
Oriental emerald
oriental frill
oriental rug
oriental topaz
Orientalisation
Orientalise
Orientalism
Orientalist
Orientalistic
orientality
Orientalization
Orientalize
orientally
orientate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORIEL WINDOW

bay window
bow window
casement window
display window
dormer window
double window
drive-up window
endow
out of the window
picture window
plate-glass window
rear window
rose window
sash window
shop window
show window
stained glass window
storm window
transfer window
weather window
window

Synonyms and antonyms of oriel window in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oriel window» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORIEL WINDOW

Find out the translation of oriel window to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oriel window from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oriel window» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

飘窗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mirador
570 millions of speakers

English

oriel window
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गढ़ा खिड़की
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

اوريل نافذة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

окно эркер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

janela de sacada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইয়েলিল উইন্ডো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oriel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tetingkap oriel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

出窓
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

내어 쓰기 창
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jendral jendral
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cửa sổ lồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Oriel சாளரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओडीएल विंडो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oriel pencere
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bovindo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

okno wykusz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вікно еркер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fereastra Oriel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παράθυρο oriel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Oriel venster
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Oriel fönster
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Oriel vindu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oriel window

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORIEL WINDOW»

The term «oriel window» is normally little used and occupies the 134.382 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORIEL WINDOW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oriel window

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORIEL WINDOW»

Discover the use of oriel window in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oriel window and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction
Dennis J. Hall, Nina M. Giglio. ORIEL WINDOW SECTION 6.180 TYPES OF HINGES 6.216 SPECIALTY HINGES 6.218 HINGE WIDTH 6.219. ORIEL WINDOW An oriel window is a window that projects from the wall face of the upper story of a ...
Dennis J. Hall, Nina M. Giglio, 2010
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Proceedings of the City Council ...
Second — No such bay or oriel window shall project more than three feet over a street line of any building. Third— No such bay or oriel window shall have a greater street frontage than fifteen feet. Fourth — There shall not be more than one ...
Chicago (Ill.). City Council, 1808
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Hollow Tile Construction: A Practical Explanation of Modern ...
an oriel window commonly called a bay window. As there seems to be some confusion in practice as to just what constitutes a bay window and what an oriel window, it might not be amiss to point out the difference here. A bay window, then , ...
John Joseph Cosgrove, 1921
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Specimens of Gothic Architecture Selected from Various ...
ORIEL WINDOW, LINCOLN. 11 five, and even six lights, or bays. This window has been selected as an example of considerable elegance, produced by lines of great simplicity. The label, or hood-mould*, is terminated by forms which will be ...
Augustus Charles Pugin, 1823
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Musings in many moods [in verse].
From the blushing maiden Broke upon the night; But no words she needed To confirm that plight Pledged by the oriel window. By the oriel window Shields and scutcheons gleam 'd ; Portraits stern look'd on them, Broider'd banners stream'd.
John Bolton ROGERSON, 1859
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A Clerical Liberationist
Oriel Window. — Will any reader of Current Notes give the derivation of the word Oriel, and why a window is so called ? Oriel College at Oxford, was so called, it is said, from the building there, in which the fresh members resided, before the ...
Robert M'Clure Woods, 1855
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The laws and ordinances of the city of Portland, Oregon: ...
said bay or oriel window be less than thirteen (13) feet from the sidewalk. No bay or oriel window shall be constructed upon any street, lane, alley or place less than thirty feet in width. No swell front shall be erected unless the walls are entirely ...
Portland (Or.)., Portland (Or.). Common Council, Portland (Or.). Police Dept, 1892
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Compiled Ordinances of Detroit of 1912
THIRD: No such bay or oriel window shall have a greater street frontage than fifteen (15) feet. FOURTH: There shall be not more than one (1) bay or oriel window for every twenty-five (25) feet of frontage, and no more than two (2) bay or oriel ...
Detroit (Mich.), Charles A. Nichols, 1912
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General Orders of the Board of Supervisors Providing ...
No person shall build a bay or oriel window which shall project over the line of any street more than three feet, and not more than eight feet in width on the extreme lines, nor shall the bottom of such bay or oriel window be less than thirteen feet ...
‎1884
10
The New Practical Builder, and Workman's Companion: ...
The height of the bay, with the Oriel window, between the octagonal buttresses, item the ground to the top of the battlements, is 37 feet; its breadth 12 feet 6 inches. The central Oriel window, without the'mlml nions, is 5 feet wide, and 9 feet 6 ...
‎1823

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORIEL WINDOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oriel window is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bodmin, Cornwall
One end has an oriel window, the other a stone balcony above a pair of narrow windows and below some plate tracery and a banded arch ... «NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL LOLS, Jun 15»
2
Exotic touches have been made to this Wombourne home
An oak staircase leads from the hall to a galleried landing with an oriel window at the back. There are four double bedrooms, three of which ... «Birmingham Post, May 15»
3
At Tate Britain
Talbot's first subject was an oriel window in the abbey at Lacock where he and his family lived, and he found many other motifs both inside and ... «London Review of Books, May 15»
4
Information for a visit to Lincoln Castle
The grounds also contain an Eleanor Cross, Oriel window, statue of George III and the Heritage Skills Centre. Dynamic Dart Advertisement ... «Spalding Guardian, May 15»
5
Conti: Architect deserves more note for eclectic mark made on …
Technically, it's a variation on what's called an oriel window, and, here, it lends a further touch of spaciousness to the overall intimacy of the ... «Tribune-Review, May 15»
6
Do you want to be Lord of this Derbyshire manor?
... mullioned doorway between the dining room and kitchen. Elsewhere there are interesting exposed timbers and a 15th-century oriel window. «Derby Telegraph, Apr 15»
7
Artist Hideyuki Sobue unveils first portrait of William Wordsworth in …
The mask lies beneath the oriel window of the Upper Library in St John's College, at the University of Cambridge. But Sobue came across it in ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
8
South End Landmark District Has Complicated Past
... row house with a mansard roof or a low basement, flat-fronted row house faced with brick and often adorned with a projecting oriel window.”. «Boston.com, Mar 15»
9
On Tel Aviv's glorious Bialik Street, architecture ranges wildly from …
The exterior features Islamic elements like an Oriel window (protruding balcony) which provided tons of natural light from the comfort of the ... «The Times of Israel, Jan 15»
10
In Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, Quiet, Quaintness and Room for a VIP
The apartment, with a pretty oriel window and exposed brick, had new appliances and even a washer-dryer. Ms. Jones liked the idea of not ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

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