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louvre
(luːvəʳ)
Word forms: plural louvresregional note: in AM, use louver
countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
A louvre is a door or window with narrow, flat, sloping pieces of wood or glass across itsframe.
louvre in British English
or US louver (ˈluːvə)
noun
1.
a.
any of a set of horizontal parallel slats in a door or window, sloping outwards to throw off rain and admit air
b. Also called: louvre boards
the slats together with the frame supporting them
2. architecture
a lantern or turret that allows smoke to escape
Word origin
C14: from Old French lovier, of obscure originLouvre in British English
(French luvrə)
noun
the national museum and art gallery of France, in Paris: formerly a royal palace, begun in 1546; used for its present purpose since 1793
Louvre in American English
(ˈluvrə; luv; French ˈluvʀ(ə))
noun
national museum of art in Paris, on the Seine: converted from a royal palace in the 18th cent.
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