[Vocabulary] The thing over the window

What do you call this? My dictionary is trying to deceive me.

birdeen's call said:

What do you call this? My dictionary is trying to deceive me.

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In BrE, it's a "curtain pole".

"Curtain rod" in America.

It might be called a "curtain rail" too but the fact that this one is made of wood makes it more likely to be a "curtain pole", to me at least.

In my opinion (in BrE):

Curtain pole: http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/content/ebiz/wilkinsonplus/invt/0235720/0235720_l.jpg

Curtain rail: http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00bvgQOFwcQikn/Curtain-Rod.jpg

Curtain track: http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/229433/726210/0/1084934310/Adjustable_curtain_track.jpg

Thank you!

emsr2d2 said:

It might be called a "curtain rail" too but the fact that this one is made of wood makes it more likely to be a "curtain pole", to me at least.

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:up: Absolutely. Specifically, as it's the end of the pole, I think it has a specialist name - 'the finial'. But this would only be used in commercial situations: 'I want to buy a curtain pole.'/'Certainly sir - just the pole, or the finials as well?'

But ordinary people get by without the word!

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birdeen's call said:

What do you call this? My dictionary is trying to deceive me.

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In what way is your dictionary trying to deceive you?

Rover

Rover_KE said:

In what way is your dictionary trying to deceive you?

Rover

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Well, I almost sure it is. The Polish word for this thing is "karnisz". And when I looked at this I saw the translation is "cornice". But I think a cornice is something else.

birdeen's call said:

Well, I almost sure it is. The Polish word for this thing is "karnisz". And when I looked at this I saw the translation is "cornice". But I think a cornice is something else.

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Totally different. It's the moulding that is put up at the angle where a wall meets a ceiling to make it look more attractive, like this.

Also, I tried reversing the translation and put "cornice" into a couple of online translators. They came up with: gzyms, karnes and krajnik. I put "karnisz" into the same translators and both of them said it was "curtain", not "cornice". I also then put "curtain rail" into the translator and it gave "karnisz" as the Polish. Your dictionary definitely has a problem!!

"Karnes"?? This could explain it, but I've never heard this word ;-)

I guess the word "karnisz" might have this other meaning, but I never heard it in my whole life. We call the cornice "gzyms". (I have no idea why I'm saying "the cornice", but I believe it's right. Right?)

In Turkish, "korniş" is what people use to hang curtains. (orig. Fr. corniche)

A sample pic;
http://i41.tinypic.com/mc4ubm.jpg