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louver

/ˈluːvə/US/ˈluːvɚ/

louver noun: a type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

louver: a type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the...
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Noun

louver (plural louvers)

  1. A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
    • But darknesse dred and daily night did hover / Through all the inner parts, wherein they dwelt; / Ne lightned was with window, nor with lover, / But with continuall candle-light […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (in plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
  3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

louver meaning in Tamil

louver in Tamil

கவிகை அடுக்கு, வளிசெல் கவிகையடுக்கு, இறகு

Forms of louver

plurallouvers
alternative UK mainlylouvre
alternative formluffer
alternative form (archaic)loover
alternative form (obsolete)lover
alternative form (obsolete)lovour

Origin of louver

Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin, but probably of Germanic origin and related to Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Compare Old Norse ljóri.

Words formed from louver

Words that rhyme with louver

Questions about louver

What does louver mean?
Louver means a type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
What is louver in Tamil?
Louver in Tamil is கவிகை அடுக்கு, வளிசெல் கவிகையடுக்கு, இறகு. See Louver meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is louver?
Louver is a noun.
How do you pronounce louver?
Louver is pronounced /ˈluːvə/ (UK).
What is the plural of louver?
The plural of louver is louvers.

Words near louver in the dictionary

  1. Louvain
  2. Louvain-la-Neuve
  3. louvar
  4. louvars
  5. Louve
  6. louver
  7. louvered
  8. louvers
  9. Louviere
  10. Louvieres
  11. louvre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: louver (page history and authors); louver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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