fortochka

fortochka

English

fortochka (in the upper left corner)

Etymology

From Russian фо́рточка (fórtočka), from German Pförtchen (“little door”), diminutive of Pforte (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːtətʃkə/

Noun

fortochka (plural fortochkas)

1. A small ventilation window, spanning the frame of one window pane, that opens on hinges independently of the whole window, common in Russia, post-Soviet states and Finland.

Translations

small ventilation window spanning the frame of a window

Armenian: օդանցք (hy) (ōdancʿkʿ) Belarusian: фо́ртачка f (fórtačka) Czech: vyhlídka (cs) f, větrací okénko n Erzya: вальмаваря (valʹmavarja) Finnish: tuuletusikkuna French: vasistas (fr) m German: Klappfenster n, Kämpferfenster n Hungarian: szellőzőablak

Latvian: vēdlodziņš m Mongolian: салхивч (mn) (salhivč) Polish: kwatera (pl) f (okienna), lufcik m Russian: фо́рточка (ru) f (fórtočka) Turkish: vasistas (tr) Ukrainian: квати́рка f (kvatýrka) Uzbek: fortochka (uz)

Further reading

• fortochka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia