louver
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French lover.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
louver (plural louvers)
- 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 […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:
- (chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc. [from 16th c.]
- Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a ventilating turret or lantern
a slatted opening in a wall, door or window
a system of slits for ventilation
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
louver
- (transitive) to drill a hole in a stone for the attachment of a wedge
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of louver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | louver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | louvant /lu.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | louvé /lu.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | louve /luv/ |
louves /luv/ |
louve /luv/ |
louvions /lu.vjɔ̃/ |
louviez /lu.vje/ |
louvent /luv/ |
imperfect2 | louvasse /lu.vas/ |
louvasses /lu.vas/ |
louvât /lu.va/ |
louvassions /lu.va.sjɔ̃/ |
louvassiez /lu.va.sje/ |
louvassent /lu.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | louve /luv/ |
— | louvons /lu.vɔ̃/ |
louvez /lu.ve/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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