Meanings
plural louvers · alternative archaic loover · alternative UK mainly louvre · alternative obsolete lover · alternative obsolete lovour · alternative luffer
- A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.First known use 14th c.
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, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - in pluralA series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.First known use 16th c.
- automotiveAny of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frankish*laubijā“shelter”
- Medieval Latin*lōdārium
- Old Frenchlovier
- Middle Englishlover
- Englishlouver
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian жалузи
- жалузи (žaluzi)a slatted opening in a wall, door or window
Catalan persiana
- persianaa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
Danish lamel, jalousi
- lamela ventilating turret or lantern
- jalousia ventilating turret or lantern
- lyrea ventilating turret or lantern
- lamela slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- jalousia slatted opening in a wall, door or window
Dutch luifel, luifel
- luifela ventilating turret or lantern
- luifela slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- luifela system of slits for ventilation
Finnish säleikkö, säleikkö
- säleikköa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- säleikköa system of slits for ventilation
German Lüftungsgitter, Lüftungsschlitz
- Lüftungsgittera ventilating turret or lantern
- Lüftungsschlitza system of slits for ventilation
Irish lúvar
- lúvara slatted opening in a wall, door or window
Italian persiana, gelosia
- persianaa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- gelosiaa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- griglia a lamellea slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- griglia a lamellea system of slits for ventilation
Portuguese lanternim, persiana
- lanternima ventilating turret or lantern
- persianaa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- venezianaa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- grelhaa system of slits for ventilation
Russian жалюзи́, жалюзи́
- жалюзи́ (žaljuzí)a slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- жалюзи́ (žaljuzí)a system of slits for ventilation
Spanish rejilla, rejilla
- rejillaa slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- rejillaa system of slits for ventilation
Swedish jalusi, spjälverk
- jalusia slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- spjälverka slatted opening in a wall, door or window
- ventilationsgallera system of slits for ventilation
- huvventilatora system of slits for ventilation
- jalusigallera system of slits for ventilation
- kylargallera system of slits for ventilation
Turkish hava deliği, hava yarığı
- hava deliğia ventilating turret or lantern
- hava yarığıa ventilating turret or lantern
- panjura ventilating turret or lantern
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with louver
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Cite this entry
louver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/louver
“louver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/louver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “louver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/louver.
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