french doors

French door

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french dawr, dohr]
- /frɛntʃ dɔr, doʊr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french dawr, dohr]
- /frɛntʃ dɔr, doʊr/

Definitions of french doors words

noun french doors a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length. 1
noun plural french doors a pair of casement windows extending to floor level and opening onto a balcony, garden, etc 0
noun french doors two adjoining doors that have glass panes from top to bottom and are hinged at opposite sides of a doorway so that they open in the middle 0

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Origin of french doors

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for French doors

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French doors

french doors popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

french doors usage trend in Literature

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