fereastr

Fereastr is not a standard Romanian word. In most contexts it appears as a misspelling or truncation of fereastră, the Romanian word for window. The term fereastră refers to an opening in a wall that lets light and air pass, and to a graphical user interface element that displays content in a computer program or on a website. The correct singular form is fereastră and the plural ferestre.

Etymology and related forms: The Romanian fereastră is derived from Latin fenestra. Cognate forms exist in several Romance languages, such as French fenêtre and Italian finestra, which reflect a common Latin root. While fereastră is well established in Romanian, fereastr is not listed as a standard form in dictionaries and is typically considered erroneous or nonstandard.

Usage notes: When encountered in text, fereastr is usually a typographical error, a result of omitting diacritics, or a nonnative creation. In technical writing and everyday Romanian, the correct term to use is fereastră for a window, whether referring to a physical window or a software window (fereastră de dialog, fereastră principala). In English-language contexts, the equivalent term is window.

See also: fereastră, ferestre, fenestra, window.