jalousie

n.
A blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulating the passage of air and light.

[French, from jalousie, jealousy, from Old French gelosie, from gelos, jealous. See jealous.]

[JAL-uh-see; ZHAH-loo-zee; zhah-loo-ZEE] A small "cake" made with flaky pastry, filled with a layer of almond paste topped with jam. A latticed pastry topping allows the colorful jam filling to show.

A shutter or blind with fixed or adjustable slats which exclude rain and provide ventilation, shade, and visual privacy.

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IN BRIEF: A window blind.

To keep the sun from blazing in, she adjusted the jalousie.

Tutor's tip: Every detail about the neighbor's house piqued her "jealousy," (resentment or envy) even the "jalousie!" (slanted window shutter).

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a window with glass louvers
  Synonym: louvered window

Meaning #2: a shutter made of angled slats

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