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- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Proper noun
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In other projects Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wiktionary, the free dictionary See also: louvre

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:LouvreWikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from French Louvre. More at Louvre Palace.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈluːv(ɹə)/, /ˈluːvə(ɹ)/
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uːvɹə, -uːvə(ɹ)

Proper noun

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the Louvre

A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France.
- 2011, Tara Kingston, Claimed by the Spymaster, page 68:God above, this man was as chiseled as the statues she'd spied in the Louvre.
- 2010, Don McCauley, Power Trip: A Guide to Weightlifting for Coaches, Athletes and Parents, page 130:I don't care if your split, power or squat position looks like it should be in the Louvre, you won't jerk a thing.
- 2006, Ted Nelson Lundrigan, Bob White, A Bird in the Hand, page 85:I preferred the Dutch apple pie, and my waitress for those few years had legs that belonged in the Louvre.
- 1985 February, Phil Elderkin, “Don Mattingly: A.L. Batting Champion, A Born Hitter”, in Baseball Digest, volume 44, number 2, page 49:IF YOU ARE a young Joe DiMaggio or Mickey Mantle with a swing that belongs in the Louvre, somebody might get the idea you could win a batting title, even if it was only your second year with the New York Yankees.
- 1960, Thomas Felix Staton, How to Instruct Successfully: Modern Teaching Methods in Adult Education, page 172:For purposes of illustrating a lecture on calisthenics, a stick figure is a better picture of a squatting man than something from the Louvre.
- 1889, Alexandre Dumas, Dame de Monsoreau: Volume 1, page 319:They are cries which show that every one has his own place, and should stay in it, — M. de Guise in the streets, and you in the Louvre. Go to the Louvre, Sire; go to the Louvre.

Translations

[edit] an art museum in France

Arabic: اَللُّوفْر m (al-lūfr) Egyptian Arabic: اللوفر m (el-lūvr)
Armenian: Լուվր (Luvr)
Belarusian: Луўр m (Luwr)
Bulgarian: Лу́вър m (Lúvǎr)
Chinese: Mandarin: 盧浮宮 / 卢浮宫 (zh) (Lúfúgōng) (official), 羅浮宮 / 罗浮宫 (zh) (Luófúgōng) (Taiwan)
Czech: Louvre m
Danish: Louvre
Dutch: Louvre n
Esperanto: Luvro, Louvre
Estonian: Louvre (et)
Finnish: Louvre
French: le Louvre (fr) m, le musée du Louvre m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: Λούβρο (el) n (Loúvro)
Hebrew: לוברה
Hindi: लूव्र m (lūvra)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: Louvre
Irish: Louvre m
Italian: Louvre m, Museo del Louvre m
Japanese: ルーヴル (ja) (Rūvuru)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: លូវ័រ (luuvɔə)
Korean: 루브르 (Rubeureu)
Lithuanian: Luvras m
Macedonian: Лувр m (Luvr)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Marathi: लूव्ह्र (lūvhra)
Persian: لوور (luvr)
Polish: Luwr m
Portuguese: Louvre m
Romanian: Luvru m
Russian: Лувр (ru) m (Luvr)
Scottish Gaelic: Louvre
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Louvre m, Museo del Louvre m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: Louvren c
Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ลูฟร์
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: Лувр m (Luvr)
Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Louvre
Welsh: Louvre f

Anagrams

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louver, velour