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

The more-or-lessness is the point: they lived as if they had louvre blinds of managed discretion around themselves, which could be closed or opened at will.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2016

"Louer" is the modern word "louvre" - meaning vents in a building.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2016

I will go straight to the louvre; I will give in my resignation as captain of the king's Musketeers to take a lieutenancy in the cardinal's Guards, and if he refuses me, MORBLEU!

From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre

For the instruments are as a rule set up in an isolated louvre case, standing at a height above the surface convenient for reading.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882

A dance where the dancers of the different sexes stand opposite each other, instead of side by side, as in the minuet, rigadoon, louvre, &c. and now corruptly called a country dance.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis