# jalousie
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈʒalʊziː/, /ʒalʊˈziː/
* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæləsiː/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

jalousie (plural jalousies)
* (naval architecture) A component in a ventilation system.
* Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
** 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour.
** 2014, Kate Pullinger, The Last Time I Saw Jane:Nowhere the glitter of a glass casement; Venetian blinds, jalousies, closed every window, and rooms projected in all directions to catch the luxury of a through-draft of air.
* A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

#### See also

* blind
* curtain

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒa.lu.zi/
* Audio:(file)
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* Rhymes: -i

### Etymology 1

From jaloux +‎ -ie, 12th c..

#### Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)
* jealousy
* (botany) edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor)
    Synonyms: amarante tricolore, fleur de jalousie
* (botany) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)
    Synonyms: bouquet parfait, bouquet tout fait, œillet barbu, œillet de poète
* (agriculture) a type of pear (fruit)

##### Derived terms

* fleur de jalousie
* vert de jalousie

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian gelosia, 15th c., from the same root.

#### Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)
* Venetian blind
* (historical) mashrabiyya, latticework screen
    Synonym: moucharabieh

##### Descendants

* → Czech: žaluzie
* → Danish: jalousi
* → Dutch: jaloezie
* → English: jalousie
* → German: Jalousie
* → Polish: żaluzja
* → Russian: жалюзи́ (žaljuzí)
** → Estonian: žalusii
** → Azerbaijani: jalüz
* → Swedish: jalusi
* → Turkish: jaluzi

### Further reading

* “jalousie” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
* “jalousie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* jelousye, gelusie, jalousye, jaloucie, gelusye, gelosye, jelosye, gelosesye, jelowsy, gelesye, gelousy, jelosie

### Etymology

From Old French jalousie, derived from jalous, from Late Latin zelosus (“full of love and sympathy”), derived from Latin zelus (“zealous”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒɛˈluːsiː(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛlusiː(ə)/, /ˈdʒɛləsiː(ə)/

### Noun

jalousie (plural jelousies)
* Jealousness or jealousy in a relationship or marriage.
* Passion; romantic or sexual desire.
* zealousness, devotion, belief.
* (rare) distrust, wrath, ire
* (rare) care, wrath, ire
* (rare) paranoia, suspecting

#### Descendants

* English: jealousy
* Scots: jealousy

#### References

* “jelǒusī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-18.

## Norman
### Etymology

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### Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)
* (Jersey) sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)

#### Synonyms

* girofliée valine