Louvre

Meaning of Louvre

noun
  1. each of a set of angled slats fixed or hung at regular intervals in a door, shutter, or screen to allow air or light to pass through.
    murky light filters through the vertical louvres of the window blinds
    louvre doors
  2. (in a medieval house) a structure in a roof incorporating openings for the passage of smoke.

Middle English (in louvre (sense 2)): from Old French lover, lovier ‘skylight’, probably of Germanic origin and related to lodge.

Information about Louvre

Hyphenation of Louvre

Lou-vre

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Louvre is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Louvre synonyms

Meaning louver:

louver, fin

Anagrams of Louvre

louver, velour

Words that rhyme with Louvre

uvre, d'oeuvre, doeuvre, maneuvre, oeuvre, outmaneuvre, outmanoeuvre, ouvre, trouvre, desuvre

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