Windows

== English == === Etymology === From windows, in reference to the user-interface display elements. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɪndoʊz/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɪndəʊz/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwɪndoz/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɪndouz/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈwɪndəz/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɪndəʉz/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈwəndɐʉz/ Rhymes: -ɪndəʊz Hyphenation: Win‧dows === Proper noun === Windows (usually uncountable, plural Windows) (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market. Synonym: Win (computing) Ellipsis of Windows key. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Microsoft Windows on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɪndoːs/, /vɪndoːs/ IPA(key): /wɪndɔs/, /vɪndɔs/ (influenced by the predecessor MS-DOS) === Proper noun === Windows n (proper noun, strong, genitive Windows) (operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market. === Further reading === Microsoft Windows on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Japanese == === Etymology === From English Windows. === Proper noun === Windows(ウィンドウズ) • (Windōzu) Windows === Further reading === Microsoft Windows on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Windows. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwin.dɔws/ Rhymes: -indɔws Syllabification: Win‧dows === Proper noun === Windows m animal (indeclinable, related adjective windowsowy) (operating systems) Microsoft Windows (product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft) ==== Declension ==== Or indeclinable === Noun === Windows m animal (indeclinable, related adjective windowsowy) (operating systems) Windows (operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market) Synonym: (humorous) winda ==== Declension ==== Or indeclinable === Further reading === “Windows”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) Windows in PWN's encyclopedia