louver

Meaning

1. A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
2. (in-plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
3. Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

Synonyms

louvre

fin

shutter

slat

lens hood

pale

picket

ribbon

🎀

roof-light

skylight

sliver

strip

sunshade

Venetian blind

hatten

light shield

luffer board

lens shade

board

glare shield

grille

jalousie

lath

Translations

luifel

persienne

grelha

auvent

rejilla

persiana

φεγγίτης

persiana

lumbrera

Lüftungsschlitz

jalousie

lucarne

nageoire

Luftschlitz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈluːvə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lover

In summary

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”).