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LOUVRE

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• LOUVRE (noun)
The noun LOUVRE has 2 senses:

1. an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
2. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

Familiarity information: LOUVRE used as a noun is rare.

• LOUVRE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Louvre; Louvre Museum

Instance hypernyms:

museum (a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value)

Holonyms ("Louvre" is a part of...):

capital of France; City of Light; French capital; Paris (the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

One of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

louver; louvre; fin

Hypernyms ("louvre" is a kind of...):

slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))

Holonyms ("louvre" is a part of...):

jalousie (a shutter made of angled slats)

"The nail that sticks out gets pounded."
(English proverb)
"We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home."
(Aboriginal Australian proverbs)
"I'm up to it and to any great thing."
(Arabic proverb)
"They who are born of chickens scratch the earth."
(Corsican proverb)

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