louver

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: lo͞oʹvə, IPA: /ˈluːvə/
• (America) enPR: lo͞oʹvər, IPA: /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 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.

Translations

• German: ^{(please verify)} Luftschlitz m, Lüftungsgitter
• Portuguese: lanternim

Translations

• Portuguese: persiana, veneziana
• Russian: жалюзи́
• Spanish: rejilla

Translations

• Portuguese: grelha
• Russian: жалюзи́
• Spanish: rejilla

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