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louvre

/ˈluːv(ɹə)/

louvre is the alternative form of louver.

Meaning of louver

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Louvre

the Louvre

  1. A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.
    • God above, this man was as chiseled as the statues she'd spied in the Louvre.2011, Tara Kingston, Claimed by the Spymaster, page 68
    • I don't care if your split, power or squat position looks like it should be in the Louvre, you won't jerk a thing.2010, Don McCauley, Power Trip: A Guide to Weightlifting for Coaches, Athletes and Parents, page 130

Forms of louvre

plurallouvres

Origin of louvre

Borrowed from French Louvre. More at Louvre Palace.

Questions about louvre

What does louvre mean?
Louvre means a famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.
What is louvre the alternative form of?
Louvre is the alternative form of louver.
What part of speech is louvre?
Louvre is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce louvre?
Louvre is pronounced /ˈluːv(ɹə)/.

Words near louvre in the dictionary

  1. louver
  2. louvered
  3. louvers
  4. Louviere
  5. Louvieres
  6. louvre
  7. louvred
  8. louvres
  9. Louxing
  10. lov'd
  11. lov'st

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Adapted from Wiktionary: louvre (page history and authors); Louvre (page history and authors); louver (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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