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

Who knows but they may have been combined with the louvre system, and thus something very satisfactory finally obtained.

From Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria by Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna)

The fire was on the floor and the smoke wandered around until it found its way out at the opening, or louvre, in the roof.

From Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today by Throop, Lucy Abbot

Here they used to swing the bells, and the place was called the lantern or louvre; thence the octangular spire arose easily and naturally.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various