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Dormer

Architecture
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A roofed window projecting from a sloping roof. In poetry, it is a small elevated opening that interrupts a larger sweep of language.

Detailed Definition
A dormer is a vertical window that projects from a sloping roof, creating a local opening in an otherwise continuous plane. In poetry, it can describe a brief shift in viewpoint, tense, or voice that rises from within a broad stanzaic movement. The dormer does not replace the roofline; it breaks it with a focused aperture. This term suits a passage that offers a sudden lookout, especially one that adds light and perspective to an enclosing structure.
Example
Example in poetry:
A dormer is a window projecting from a sloping roof, as in “A single dormer watched the street from the attic”; In a childhood poem, a dormer window can frame a private view of rain, stars, or neighboring houses; “Snow gathered beneath the dormer’s small roof” gives a winter scene architectural specificity; A poet may describe several dormers as eyes, making a house seem wakeful or observant at night
Additional Notes
A dormer is a small raised opening in a broad roofline. Poetically, it can be a brief perspective shift, aside, or image that interrupts a sustained passage and admits light.
Also Known As
Dormer Window Lucarne
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