hublot

porthole

noun oo-BLOH Rare

Origin: Dutch hobbegat or Middle French, uncertain

Also means

window (plane or submarine)

Usage Note

Hublot refers to the round window of a ship, aircraft, or submarine. On a plane, regarde par le hublot means 'look out the window'. It is also used informally to describe any small, round window. The word is recognisably the same concept in both nautical and aviation French.

Examples

"Elle regardait les nuages par le hublot."

Natural Translation

She was watching the clouds through the porthole.

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