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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: faire du l�che fen�tre #141379 04/15/05 10:07 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk OP Carpal Tunnel OP belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Vitrine, fen�tre, glace. All of these are pretty much used around here Bridget. Vitrine being is the more proper term for a shop window of any size, but people will commonly say fen�tre(like the saying YUP instead of saying YES) Regular windows are fen�tres, big or small. Glace is used in the term "lave-glace" - the blue windshield washer fluid. Apart from that, the front window of a car is a pare-brise. Sometimes, the word glace might be used to describe GLASS - but not necessarily in a window frame. Confusing enough?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pare-brise #141380 04/16/05 12:27 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Bel, I love it! "pare-brise" = to pare (cut) the breeze... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pare-brise #141381 04/16/05 02:58 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Bel, I love it! "pare-brise" = to pare (cut) the breeze... or the idiomatic equivalent of 'windsheild' --a piece of glass that protects by sheilding one from the wind--vs a peice of glass that protects by cutting the wind off-) its basicly the same 'word' in either language.. (do you think it sounds better in french?) i think it sounds logical! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pare-brise #141382 04/18/05 01:09 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Also--as I read the above, the similarity between fen�tre and fenestrate struck me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pare-brise #141383 04/18/05 09:55 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the similarity between fen�tre and fenestrate struck me As well it might. The little hat over the e indicates that there was an s after the e time back way bck. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pare-brise #141384 04/18/05 11:32 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Really? Cool! Merci. Query: my "gut" tells me that defenestrate (hi, tsuwm!) ought to be a transitive verb. Is there a reason for this? Even a semi-valid one, I mean? (I heard that, Anna! ) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter defenestrate #141385 04/18/05 11:54 AM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada My gut tells me the same thing, Jackie.When you "defenstrate", you are not removing windows from your home, but throwing something (or someone) out a window. Hence you are defenestrating the object. Anna, however, will be much more concise and precise, I'm sure. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: defenestrate #141386 04/18/05 09:18 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Here you are, Jackie, a link to the most famous defenestrations ever ... http://www.answers.com/topic/defenestrations-of-prague Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: defenestrations of Prague #141387 04/18/05 09:42 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Sorry. I don't do windows. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: defenestrate #141388 04/19/05 12:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thanks, CK. Appreciated. Golly, will we ever stop thinking up ways to do each other in? Ted, you said you don't do windows...hey, is there a word for throwing somebody out a door? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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