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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbaie vitrée
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bɛ vi.tʁe
"Le salon donne sur le jardin grâce à une grande baie vitrée."
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A large, single-pane fixed window designed to provide an unobstructed view of the outdoors, resembling a picture frame.
"The living room featured a large picture window that looked out over the snow-capped mountains."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'picture' (derived from Latin 'pictura', meaning painting or drawing) and 'window' (from Old Norse 'vindauga', meaning wind-eye). Coined in mid-20th-century modern architecture, it reflects a design philosophy that treats an outdoor landscape as a living painting framed by the glass.
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baie vitrée
Transliteration: bɛ vi.tʁe
"Le salon donne sur le jardin grâce à une grande baie vitrée."
Panoramafenster
Transliteration: pa.naˈʁoː.maˌfɛn.stɐ
"Das Panoramafenster bietet einen wunderbaren Blick auf den See."
vetrata panoramica
Transliteration: veˈtraː.ta pa.noˈraː.mi.ka
"La vetrata panoramica in salotto inonda la stanza di luce naturale."
ventanal
Transliteration: ben.taˈnal
"El gran ventanal de la sala ofrece una vista impresionante del valle."
janela panorâmica
Transliteration: ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ pa.noˈɾã.mi.kɐ
"A sala de estar tem uma janela panorâmica virada para o oceano."
पैनोरमिक खिड़की
Transliteration: painoramik khirki
"बैठक कक्ष में एक बड़ी पैनोरमिक खिड़की है जो बगीचे की ओर खुलती है।"
落地窗
Transliteration: luò dì chuāng
"客厅里有一扇可以看到海景的大落地窗。"
대형 고정창
Transliteration: daehyeong gojeongchang
"거실의 대형 고정창을 통해 아름다운 정원이 한눈에 들어옵니다."
ピクチャーウィンドウ
Transliteration: pikuchā windō
"リビングルームのピクチャーウィンドウから四季折々の景色が楽しめます。"
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