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ID: 300002944 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300002944			Record Type: concept

windows (<windows and window components>, <openings by form>, ... Components (hierarchy name))

Note: Openings in the wall of a building, serving to admit light, usually to permit vision, and often to admit air.

Terms:

windows (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)

window (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)

lights (windows) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

窗戶 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)

chuāng hù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)

chuang hu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

ch'uang hu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)

vensters (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

venster (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

fenêtres (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)

fenêtre (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)

חלון (C,U,Hebrew,D,N)

finestre (C,U,Italian,D,U,FPN)

finestra (C,U,Italian-P,AD,U,FSN)

janelas (C,U,Portuguese-P,D,U,PN)

janela (C,U,Portuguese,AD,U,SN)

ventanas (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)

ventana (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.PJ

Hierarchical Position:

Objects Facet

.... Components (hierarchy name) (G)

........ components (objects parts) (G)

............ <components by specific context> (G)

................ architectural elements (G)

.................... <openings and opening components> (G)

........................ openings (architectural elements) (G)

............................ <openings by form> (G)

................................ <windows and window components> (G)

.................................... windows (G)

Additional Notes:

Chinese (traditional) ..... 可供透光之建築牆上開口，通常可觀景並提供通風。

Dutch ..... Een opening in de muur van een gebouw, om licht binnen te laten, meestal om te kunnen kijken, en vaak om lucht binnen te laten.

Italian ..... Aperture, di forma svariata, praticate nei muri di edifici per illuminare e dare aria agli ambienti interni.

Portuguese ..... Aberturas na parede de um edifício, que servem para permitir a entrada de luz, geralmente para permitir a visão e, muitas vezes, para permitir a entrada de ar.

Related concepts:

have form ....	glass in concrete (visual works)
................	(glassware, <visual works by material or technique>, ... Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) [300391169]

Sources and Contributors:

窗戶............	[AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 28 July, 2014 November 4, 2010
...........	建築學英漢辭典 465
...........	朗文當代大辭典 October 10, 2002
...........	牛津當代大辭典 2070

חלון............	[IMJ]
...........	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

chuang hu............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
....................	TELDAP database (2009-)

chuāng hù............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
....................	TELDAP database (2009-)

ch'uang hu............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................	TELDAP database (2009-)

fenêtre............	[AASLH, CHIN / RCIP, VP]
.................	AASLH data (2016-)
.................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.................	CHIN database (1988-)
.................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/150; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 150
.................	Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)

fenêtres............	[CHIN / RCIP Preferred]
.................	CHIN database (1988-)

finestra............	[ICCD Preferred, VP]
.................	ICCD database (1988-)
.................	Wikidata (2012-) [online] Q35473

finestre............	[VP]
.................	DIPAI: Silvestrini, Dizionario illustrato plurilingue di arte italiana (2005)
.................	EncARC: Enciclopedia dell'architettura (2001)
.................	Italian Term Processing (2020-)
.................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-) http://purl.org/bncf/tid/1712
.................	Treccani Enciclopedia [online](2025-)

janela............	[CVAA-BR]
.................	CVAA-BR Consortium (2020-)

janelas............	[CVAA-BR Preferred]
.................	CVAA-BR Consortium (2020-)

lights (windows)............	[VP]
.............................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.............................	Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901) Lights

venster............	[AAT-Ned]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

vensters............	[AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

ventana............	[CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.................	Alvarez et al., Diccionario de la decoración (1968) 651

ventanas............	[CDBP-SNPC]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular

window............	[AASLH Preferred, CHIN / RCIP, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................	AASLH data (2016-)
.................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/150; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 150
.................	Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)

windows............	[GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................	AATA database (2002-) 130584 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Sturgis, Dictionary of Architecture and Building (1901)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)


Subject: .....	[AASLH, AAT-Ned, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, CVAA-BR, GCI, ICCD, IMJ, VP]
............	AASLH data (2016-)
............	AATA database (2002-) 130584 checked 26 January 2012
............	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
............	CHIN database (1988-)
............	CVAA-BR Consortium (2020-)
............	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
............	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/150; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
............	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-)
............	Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)
............	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) no warrant for this as a term; track here until warrant is found.; Windows: tripartite; Windows: floor to ceiling
............	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) precoor.; Palladian windows; Romanesque windows; Carolingian windows; Renaissance windows
............	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (1975)
Chinese (traditional)	..........	[AS-Academia Sinica]
	..........	TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch	..........	[AAT-Ned]
	..........	AAT-Ned (1994-)
	..........	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)
Italian	..........	[VP]
	..........	Italian Term Processing (2020-)
Portuguese	..........	[CVAA-BR]
	..........	CVAA-BR Consortium (2020-)

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