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