windowsill

See also: window sill

English

Bottles and a basket on a windowsill

Alternative forms

window sill

Etymology

window +‎ sill

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl/, /ˈwɪndəˌsɪl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndoʊˌsɪl/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

windowsill (plural windowsills)

(architecture) The horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame.

Translations

the horizontal member protruding from the base of a window frame

Armenian: պատուհանագոգ (hy) (patuhanagog)
Bashkir: тәҙрә төбө (təźrə töbö)
Belarusian: падако́ннік m (padakónnik)
Catalan: ampit (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 窗臺／窗台 (zh) (chuāngtái)
Czech: okenní parapet m, parapet m
Danish: vindueskarm (da) c
Dutch: vensterbank (nl)
Erzya: вальмаланго (vaľmalango)
Esperanto: fenestrosojlo
Estonian: aknalaud
Finnish: ikkunalauta (fi)
French: appui de fenêtre (fr) m
German: Fensterbank (de) f; Fensterbrett (de) n, Brüstung (de) f, Sims (de) m, Fensterbrüstung (de) f
Hungarian: ablakpárkány (hu), ablakdeszka (hu), könyöklő (hu), párkány (hu)
Ingrian: poduška
Irish: leac fuinneoige f, tairseach fuinneoige f, urlár fuinneoige m
Italian: davanzale (it) m
Japanese: 窓台 (ja) (まどだい, madodai)
Korean: 창턱 (changteok)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: teqişk (ku) m
Latvian: palodze f
Lithuanian: palángė f
Macedonian: пе́рваз m (pérvaz), симс m (sims)
Maltese: ħoġor it-tieqa m
Nogai: терезетуьп (terezetüp)
Norman: sîle f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vinduskarm (no) m

Nynorsk: vindaugskarm m
Polish: parapet (pl) m, podokiennik m
Portuguese: parapeito (pt) m
Romanian: pervaz (ro) n
Russian: подоко́нник (ru) m (podokónnik)
Scottish Gaelic: oir uinneig f, sòla uinneige f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: симс m, прозорска даска f

Roman: sims (sh) m, prozorska daska f
Slovak: parapet m
Spanish: antepecho (es) m, repisa (es) f, alféizar (es) m
Swedish: fönsterbräda (sv) c (indoors), fönsterbleck (sv) n (outdoors)
Turkish: pencere kenarı
Ukrainian: підвіко́ння n (pidvikónnja)
Uzbek: derazatokcha (uz)
Volapük: fenätaboed
Welsh: sil(ff) fenestr f

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