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louvre

Pronunciation: /ˈluːvə/

(US also louver)

Definition of louvre

1each 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 [as modifier]:louvre doors

2(in a medieval house) a structure in a roof incorporating openings for the passage of smoke.

Derivatives

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

Remember that louvre ends with -re (the spelling louver is American).

Definition of louvre in the US English dictionary

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