"louver" meaning in English

See louver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈluːvə/ [UK], /ˈluːvɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-louver.wav Forms: louvers [plural]
enPR: lo͞oʹvə [UK], lo͞oʹvər [General-American] Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ) Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medieval Latin *lōdārium (attested as lōvārium), extension of lōdium, of unclear origin, but probably of Germanic origin and related to Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|lover|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English lover, {{inh+|en|enm|lover}} Inherited from Middle English lover, {{der|en|fro|lovier}} Old French lovier, {{der|en|ML.|*lōdārium}} Medieval Latin *lōdārium, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*laubijā|t=shelter}} Frankish *laubijā (“shelter”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} louver (plural louvers)
  1. A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light. Translations (a ventilating turret or lantern): lamel [common-gender] (Danish), jalousi (Danish), luifel [masculine] (Dutch), Lüftungsgitter [neuter] (German), lover (Middle English), lanternim [masculine] (Portuguese), hava deliği (Turkish), hava yarığı (Turkish), panjur (Turkish)
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  2. (chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. Tags: in-plural
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  3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation. Translations (a slatted opening in a wall, door or window): жалузи (žaluzi) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), persiana [feminine] (Catalan), lamel [common-gender] (Danish), jalousi (Danish), luifel [masculine] (Dutch), säleikkö (Finnish), lúvar [masculine] (Irish), persiana [feminine] (Portuguese), veneziana [feminine] (Portuguese), жалюзи́ (žaljuzí) [neuter, plural] (Russian), rejilla [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (a system of slits for ventilation): luifel [masculine] (Dutch), säleikkö (Finnish), Lüftungsschlitz [masculine] (German), grelha [feminine] (Portuguese), жалюзи́ (žaljuzí) [neuter, plural] (Russian), rejilla [feminine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loover [archaic], louvre [UK, mainly], lover [obsolete], luffer Derived forms: louvered, louvred Related terms: jalousie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "louvered"
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      "word": "jalousie"
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          "ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "But darknesse dred and daily night did hover / Through all the inner parts, wherein they dwelt; / Ne lightned was with window, nor with lover, / But with continuall candle-light […].",
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        "(chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc."
      ],
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        "Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation."
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      "enpr": "lo͞oʹvə",
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      "ipa": "/ˈluːvə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "enpr": "lo͞oʹvər",
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      "ipa": "/ˈluːvɚ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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      "word": "loover"
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      "word": "louvre"
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      "word": "lover"
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      "word": "luffer"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "lamel"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "word": "jalousi"
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      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
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      "word": "luifel"
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      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
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      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "word": "lover"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanternim"
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      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "word": "hava deliği"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "word": "hava yarığı"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a ventilating turret or lantern",
      "word": "panjur"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "жалузи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "lamel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "word": "jalousi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "luifel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "word": "säleikkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lúvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "veneziana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žaljuzí",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "жалюзи́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a slatted opening in a wall, door or window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rejilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a system of slits for ventilation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luifel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a system of slits for ventilation",
      "word": "säleikkö"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a system of slits for ventilation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lüftungsschlitz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a system of slits for ventilation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žaljuzí",
      "sense": "a system of slits for ventilation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "жалюзи́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a system of slits for ventilation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "rejilla"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "louver"
  ],
  "word": "louver"
}

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