fenestration
noun
fenestration is a noun meaning “The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-N-E-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fenestration is fenestrations.
What does fenestration mean?
noun
- 1
The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building.
- 2
An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing.
- 3
An opening that occurs naturally or is created surgically, as through a biological membrane.
- 4
Either a translucent area in a structure such as a leaf or flower petal, or an opening in a structure.
Foliar traits unique to Darlingtonia include the presence of transparent light-transmitting fenestrations, ...
- 5
The practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fenestration?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-fenestration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fenestration
- fenestrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fenestration?
Fenestration appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).