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- Dictionarylouvre/ˈluːvə/
noun
- 1. each of a set of angled slats fixed or hung at regular intervals in a door, shutter, or screen to allow air or light to pass through: "murky light filters through the vertical louvres of the window blinds"
- 2. (in a medieval house) a structure in a roof incorporating openings for the passage of smoke.
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a door or window with flat sloping pieces of wood, metal, or glass across it to allow light and air to come in while keeping rain out. Андрей Глущенко/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Parts of buildings: windows & parts of windows. architrave. bay window. bi-fold. bow window. casement.
The Louvre (English: / ˈ l uː v (r ə)/ LOOV(-rə)), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ⓘ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world.
Jul 15, 2024 · Louvre, the national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris. It is the world’s most-visited art museum, with a collection that spans work from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century.
Aug 11, 2019 · The Louvre Museum is now home to more than 35,000 of the world’s most famous works of art, including the “Mona Lisa,” the “Venus de Milo,” and the “Great Sphinx of Tanis.”.
The meaning of LOUVER is a roof lantern or turret often with slatted apertures for escape of smoke or admission of light in a medieval building.
any of a set of horizontal parallel slats in a door or window, sloping outwards to throw off rain and admit air. Also calledlouvre boards the slats together with the frame supporting them. architect a lantern or turret that allows smoke to escape.
A louvre is a door or window with narrow, flat, sloping pieces of wood or glass across its frame.
one of a set of narrow pieces of wood, plastic, etc. in a door or a window that are designed to let air and some light in, but to keep out strong light or rain; a door or a window that has these narrow pieces across it.
noun. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain. synonyms: fin, louver.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun louvre, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
