Louvres - English meaning

Louvres – definitions in English dictionary

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.

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

Louvres translation into English

Louvres: translate from English into Chinese

百叶窗, 卢浮宫, 鲁佛尔宫

Louvres: translate from English into Dutch

Lamellen, Ventilatiekoepel

Louvres: translate from English into French

Persiennes, Persienne, Jalousie, Lucarne

Louvres: translate from English into German

Lamellen, Jalousie, Lattenfenster

Louvres: translate from English into Hindi

लौवर

Louvres: translate from English into Italian

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

Louvres: translate from English into Korean

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

Louvres: translate from English into Russian

Жалюзи

Louvres: translate from English into Spanish

Persianas, 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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Louvres – similar words

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.

Louvred - all meanings in English

louvre

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.

Louvre - all meanings in English

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