Also means
venetian blind
Usage Note
Jalousie covers both the emotion of jealousy and, in an entirely unrelated domestic sense, a slatted venetian or louvred blind. The two meanings coexist in everyday French. The emotion sense pairs with the adjective jaloux (m) / jalouse (f). La jalousie as a blind gets its name because it lets you see out without being seen — watching jealously.
Examples
"La jalousie le ronge depuis des semaines."
Natural Translation
Jealousy has been eating away at him for weeks.

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