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  louvre

  noun

  louver.
• Louvre
  Louvre

  noun

  a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.

louvre

¹ American  

[loo-ver] / ˈlu vər /

noun

Chiefly British.

louvred, louvring

1. louver.

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Louvre ² American  

[loo-vr^uh] / ˈlu vrə /

noun

1. a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.

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Louvre ¹ British  

/ luvrə /

noun

1. the national museum and art gallery of France, in Paris: formerly a royal palace, begun in 1546; used for its present purpose since 1793

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louvre ² British  

/ ˈluːvə /

noun

1. 1. any of a set of horizontal parallel slats in a door or window, sloping outwards to throw off rain and admit air

   2. Also called: louvre boards.  the slats together with the frame supporting them

2. architect a lantern or turret that allows smoke to escape

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Louvre Cultural  

1. An art museum in Paris, formerly a royal palace. The Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and thousands of other works of art are exhibited there.

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Etymology

Origin of louvre

C14: from Old French lovier, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

A swarm of at least 10,000 bees has been removed from under the saddle of a bicycle parked outside a metro station in front of the Louvre museum in Paris.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Its situation was "nothing like the Louvre", it stressed, with analogue cameras replaced with digital ones, following recommendations made by the police in 2024.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s a wake-up call to the art world that the Louvre incident might have spawned a wave of copycat thefts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“This museum and other museums have not learned enough from the Louvre theft,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Nothing would happen because nothing ever happened at the Louvre.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day