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louver | x |

As a noun louver

is a type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

louver

English

(Wikipedia)

Alternative forms

* louvre (mainly UK )

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
  • * 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 […].
  • Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

    • Derived terms

    * louvered, louvred

    See also

    * jalousie

    Anagrams

    * *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----