Meaning

3 senses
  1. A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

    Lüftungsgitter

  2. (in the plural)A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.

    one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

  3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

    Lüftungsschlitz

    жалюзи́žaljuzí, жалюзи́žaljuzí

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a slatted opening in a wall, door or window:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a ventilating turret or lantern:
a system of slits for ventilation:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English lover, from Old French lovier, lover (“skylight”), from Medi

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”). Compare Old Norse ljóri.

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Forms

plural: louvers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain:louvrefin

Word family

2 related words
Relatedjalousie
Derivedlouvered

See also

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