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The meaning of Louvre

Louvre – definition

noun

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.

Usage examples:

Murky light filters through the vertical louvres of the window blinds
noun

(in a medieval house) a structure in a roof incorporating openings for the passage of smoke.

Usage examples:

It has a steeply pitched octagonal roof, drawing smoke and steam upwards from the great corner fire…
proper noun

The principal museum and art gallery of france, in paris, housed in the former royal palace built by francis i. the louvre holds the mona lisa and the venus de milo.

Louvre translation into English

Louvre: translate from English into Chinese

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卢浮宫, 鲁佛尔宫

Louvre: translate from English into Dutch

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Louvre, Ventilatiekoepel

Louvre: translate from English into French

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Persienne, Jalousie, Lucarne

Louvre: translate from English into German

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Jalousie, Lattenfenster

Louvre: translate from English into Hindi

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लौवर, धुंवारा

Louvre: translate from English into Italian

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Louvre, Persiana di ventilazione, Feritoia per ventilazione, Apertura a gelosia

Louvre: translate from English into Korean

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지붕 창문, 배연 따위를 위한 지붕 창문, 채광 따위를 위한 지붕 창문

Louvre: translate from English into Russian

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Лувр, Жалюзийное отверстие

Louvre: translate from English into Spanish

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Lumbrera, Persiana, Lucerna

Word origin

Middle English (in louvre (sense 2)): from Old French lover, lovier ‘skylight’, probably of Germanic origin and related to lodge.

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Louvre – similar words

louvres

noun

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.

Usage examples:

Murky light filters through the vertical louvres of the window blinds
proper noun

The principal museum and art gallery of france, in paris, housed in the former royal palace built by francis i. the louvre holds the mona lisa and the venus de milo.

noun

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

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louvred

adjective

Describing 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

Usage examples:

A louvred door/window, she fiddled with the angle of the louvred blinds.
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