noun, feminine/ly.kaʁn/plural: lucarnes
dormer window; skylight; top corner of the net
“Basse et couverte de tuiles brunes, elle avait en dehors, sous la lucarne de son grenier, un chapelet d'oignons suspendu.”
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *lūkaną Proto-West Germanic *lūkan Proto-West Germanic *lūkāder. Frankish *lūkinnjāder. Old French lucanne Middle French lucarne French lucarne Inherited from Middle French lucarne, luquarme, from Old French lucanne (“opening in the roof of a house, skylight, loft”), from Frankish *lūkinnjā (“opening closed by a valve, flap”), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *lūkā (“hatch, window”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to lock, turn”), fr