Noun: fenestra
| Singular | fenestra |
| Plural | fenestras; fenestrae |
Sample Sentences
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The platinum shaft connecting the ribbon to the piston base is a rounded wire and can be easily angulated after placement of the prosthesis for optimal incus to fenestra reach. [2010, Aina J. Gulya, Lloyd B. Minor, Michael E. Glasscock, Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear, page 536:]
Nouns inflected like fenestra
conferva,
fenestra,
terra,
umbra,
cornucopia,
primigravida,
telangiectasia,
medusa,
cornea,
cicada,
hernia,
formula,
penumbra,
vagina,
retina,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Etruscan *πππππππ (*fnestra)bor.?
3. Latin fenestraubor.
4. English fenestra
5. Unadapted borrowing from Latin fenestra. Existed in Middle English as fenestre, fenester, from Old English fenester (βwindowβ). See: Old English Nouns '
fenester'.