louver

English

A louver.

Alternative forms

• loover (archaic)
• louvre (mainly UK)
• lover (obsolete)
• luffer

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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天窗 (zh)

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

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

a slatted opening in a wall, door or window

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} أباجور‎
• Bulgarian: жалузи (bg) f pl (žaluzi)
• Catalan: persiana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天窗 (zh)

• Dutch: luifel (nl) m
• French: ^{(please verify)} persienne (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Luftschlitz m

• Irish: lúvar m, ^{(please verify)} lata m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} feritoia (it) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ルーバー (rūbā)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미늘창 (mineulchang)
• 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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 天窗 (zh)

• Dutch: luifel (nl) m
• French: ^{(please verify)} persienne (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Luftschlitz m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} lúvar m, ^{(please verify)} lata m

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} feritoia (it) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ルーバー (rūbā)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 미늘창 (mineulchang)
• 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

Etymology

louve +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu.ve/

Verb

louver

1. (transitive) to drill a hole in a stone for the attachment of a wedge

Conjugation

Conjugation of louver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	louver
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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).

Related terms

• louve