louver

English

A louver.

Alternative forms

• louvre (mainly UK)

Etymology

From Old French lover.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lo͞oʹvə, IPA^(key): /ˈluːvə/
• (US) enPR: lo͞oʹvər, IPA^(key): /ˈluːvɚ/

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. [from 14th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:

     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 […].

2. (chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.]
3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

Derived terms

• louvered, louvred

Translations

a ventilating turret or lantern

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أباجور‏‎
• Dutch: luifel (nl) m
• French: ^{(please verify)} persienne (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Luftschlitz m, Lüftungsgitter (de) n
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} lúvar m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} feritoia (it) f

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ルーバー (rūbā)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미늘창 (mineulchang)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天窗 (zh)
• Portuguese: lanternim m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} lumbrera f
• Turkish: hava deliği (tr), hava yarığı, panjur (tr)

a slatted opening in a wall, door or window

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أباجور‏‎
• Catalan: persiana (ca) f
• Dutch: luifel (nl) m
• French: ^{(please verify)} persienne (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Luftschlitz m
• Irish: lúvar m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} feritoia (it) f

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ルーバー (rūbā)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미늘창 (mineulchang)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天窗 (zh)
• Portuguese: persiana (pt) f, veneziana f
• Russian: жалюзи́ (ru) n pl (žaljuzí)
• Spanish: rejilla (es) f

a system of slits for ventilation

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أباجور‏‎
• Dutch: luifel (nl) m
• French: ^{(please verify)} persienne (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Luftschlitz m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} lúvar m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} feritoia (it) f

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ルーバー (rūbā)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미늘창 (mineulchang)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天窗 (zh)
• Portuguese: grelha (pt) f
• Russian: жалюзи́ (ru) n pl (žaljuzí)
• Spanish: rejilla (es) f

See also

• jalousie

Anagrams

• Louvre, louvre, velour

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French

Verb

louver

1. To drill a hole in a stone for the attachment of a wedge

Conjugation

  Conjugation of louver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		louver			avoir louvé
gerund		en louvant			en ayant louvé
present participle		louvant /lu.vɑ̃/
past participle		louvé /lu.ve/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	louve /luv/	louves /luv/	louve /luv/	louvons /lu.vɔ̃/	louvez /lu.ve/	louvent /luv/
	imperfect	louvais /lu.vɛ/	louvais /lu.vɛ/	louvait /lu.vɛ/	louvions /lu.vjɔ̃/	louviez /lu.vje/	louvaient /lu.vɛ/
	past historic1	louvai /lu.ve/	louvas /lu.va/	louva /lu.va/	louvâmes /lu.vam/	louvâtes /lu.vat/	louvèrent /lu.vɛʁ/
	future	louverai /lu.vʁe/	louveras /lu.vʁa/	louvera /lu.vʁa/	louverons /lu.vʁɔ̃/	louverez /lu.vʁe/	louveront /lu.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	louverais /lu.vʁɛ/	louverais /lu.vʁɛ/	louverait /lu.vʁɛ/	louverions /lu.və.ʁjɔ̃/	louveriez /lu.və.ʁje/	louveraient /lu.vʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	louve /luv/	louves /luv/	louve /luv/	louvions /lu.vjɔ̃/	louviez /lu.vje/	louvent /luv/
	imperfect1	louvasse /lu.vas/	louvasses /lu.vas/	louvât /lu.va/	louvassions /lu.va.sjɔ̃/	louvassiez /lu.va.sje/	louvassent /lu.vas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	louve /luv/	—	louvons /lu.vɔ̃/	louvez /lu.ve/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• louve