fenestration
French, noun/fə.nɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
fenestration is spelled F-E-N-E-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written French, the 125,137th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fenestration is a French feminine noun meaning “fenestration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des fenêtres d’un bâtiment ou disposition générale des ouvertures de fenêtres sur la façade d’un…”.
What does fenestration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefenestration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des fenêtres d’un bâtiment ou disposition générale des ouvertures de fenêtres sur la façade d’un édifice. 2. Ouverture susceptible de recevoir une fenêtre, pratique de cette ouverture. 3. Création d'une ouverture dans une paroi organique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fenestration
- fenestrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fenestration?
- /fə.nɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \fə.nɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃\
- [fə.nɛs.tʁa.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fenestration in French?
fenestration appears about once in every 15 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).