mullion

See also: Mullion

English

Etymology

Alteration of monial (“mullion”),^[1] or metathesis of Middle English moyniel, both ultimately from^[2] Old French moinel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʌliən/
Rhymes: -ʌliən

Noun

mullion (plural mullions)

(architecture) A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.
Hypernyms: glazing bar, muntin

Coordinate term: transom

Derived terms

mullioned

Translations

vertical bar between the casements of a window

Catalan: mainell m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 豎框／竖框 (zh) (shùkuāng)
Dutch: middenstijl m
Esperanto: fenestrofosto
Finnish: jakokarmi
French: meneau (fr) m
Galician: mainel m
German: Pfosten (de) m, Mittelpfosten m, Stulp m
Italian: montante (it) m, colonnina (it) f
Macedonian: шпросна f (šprosna)
Norman: entré-panné f (Jersey)
Portuguese: mainel m
Russian: средник (ru) (srednik)
Swedish: fönsterpost (sv) c, spröjs (sv) c

Verb

mullion (third-person singular simple present mullions, present participle mullioning, simple past and past participle mullioned)

(transitive) To shape into divisions by means of mullions.

References

^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
^ “mullion”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

luminol

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

maliyan

Noun

mullion

wedge-tailed eagle, eaglehawk

[1] Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

[2] “mullion”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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