Windows

See also: windows

English

The Windows logo

Etymology

From windows, in reference to the user-interface display elements.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndoʊz/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪndəʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz
• Hyphenation: Win‧dows

Proper noun

Windows

1. (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.

   Synonym: Win

Derived terms

• PWI
• UWP
• W95
• W98
• WAMP
• WASAPI
• WCF
• WDI
• WDM
• WF
• WIA
• Win
• Win16
• Win32
• Win64
• Win7
• Winblows
• Windows-1252
• Windows key
• Windows tax
• Windoze
• Windross
• Windvocate
• WinJS
• Winkey
• Winmodem
• WinRT
• Winsock
• wintard
• Wintel
• Wintroll
• WinVNC
• WinXP
• WISA
• WMA
• WMF
• WMI
• WMV
• WoW
• WP
• WPA
• WPF
• WRP
• WSS
• WU

 

Translations

Microsoft Windows

• Arabic: ويندوز m
• Bulgarian: Уи́ндоус (Uíndous)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視窗／视窗 (zh) (Shìchuāng)，微軟視窗／微软视窗 (zh) (wēiruǎnshìchuāng, wéiruǎnshìchuāng)

• Finnish: Windows (fi)
• French: Windows (fr)
• German: Windows (de)
• Hindi: विन्डोज़ (vinḍoz)
• Japanese: ウィンドウズ, Windows (ja) (Windows)
• Korean: 윈도우 (ko) (Windou), 윈도 (Windo)
• Macedonian: Виндоус (Vindous), Виндоуз (Vindouz)
• Polish: Windows (pl) m
• Russian: виндовс m (vindovs), Уиндоус (Uindous), Виндоус (Vindous), Уиндоуз (Uindouz), Виндоуз (Vindouz)
• Spanish: Windows
• Tamil: விண்டோஸ் (viṇṭōs)
• Thai: วินโดวส์
• Turkish: Windows
• Ukrainian: віндовс (vindovs)

Further reading

• Microsoft Windows on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪndoːs/, /vɪndoːs/
• IPA^(key): /wɪndɔs/, /vɪndɔs/ (influenced by the predecessor MS-DOS)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Windows n (proper noun, strong, genitive Windows)

1. (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.

Further reading

• Microsoft Windows on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Japanese

Etymology

From English Windows.

Proper noun

Windows(ウィンドウズ) • (Windōzu) 

1. Windows

Further reading

• Microsoft Windows on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Windows.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.dɔws/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -indɔws
• Syllabification: Win‧dows

Proper noun

Windows m inan

1. (operating systems) Windows

Declension

Declension of Windows

	singular	plural
nominative	Windows	Windowsy
genitive	Windowsa	Windowsów
dative	Windowsowi	Windowsom
accusative	Windows	Windowsy
instrumental	Windowsem	Windowsami
locative	Windowsie	Windowsach
vocative	Windowsie	Windowsy

Derived terms

adjective

• windowsowy

 

References

• Windows in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Further reading

• Microsoft Windows on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pl