different between louvred vs louver
louvred
English
Adjective
louvred (not comparable)
- (chiefly British spelling) Alternative form of louvered
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louver
English
Alternative forms
- loover (archaic)
- louvre (mainly UK)
- lover (obsolete)
- luffer
Etymology
From Old French lover.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lo?o?v?, IPA(key): /?lu?v?/
- (General American) enPR: lo?o?v?r, IPA(key): /?lu?v?/
Noun
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
- louvered, louvred
Translations
See also
- jalousie
Anagrams
- Louvre, louvre, velour
French
Etymology
louve +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu.ve/
Verb
louver
- (transitive) to drill a hole in a stone for the attachment of a wedge
Conjugation
Related terms
- louve
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