Louvre

louvre English thumb|Louvre (Richelieu wing) Etymology en gem frk la-lat la gem-pro ine-pro en fr Louvre. More at Louvre Palace. Pronunciation en /ˈluːv(ɹə)/ /ˈluːvə(ɹ)/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-Louvre.wav UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Louvre.wav US en uːvɹə uːvə(ɹ) 2 Proper noun 1 A famous art museum and former royal palace in Paris, France. en 2011 Tara Kingston Claimed by the Spymaster 68 God above, this man was as chiseled as the statues she'd spied in the Louvre. en 2010 Don McCauley Power Trip: A Guide to Weightlifting for Coaches, Athletes and Parents 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. en 2006 Ted Nelson Lundrigan; Bob White A Bird in the Hand 85 I preferred the Dutch apple pie, and my waitress for those few years had legs that belonged in the Louvre. en 1985 Phil Elderkin Don Mattingly: A.L. Batting Champion, A Born Hitter Baseball Digest 44 2 February 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. en 1960 Thomas Felix Staton How to Instruct Successfully: Modern Teaching Methods in Adult Education 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. en 1889 w:Alexandre Dumas Dame de Monsoreau: Volume 1 319 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 an art museum in France Arabic: ar اَللُّوفْر m Egyptian Arabic: arz اللوفر m el-lūvr Armenian: hy Լուվր Belarusian: be Луўр m Bulgarian: bg Лу́вър m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 盧浮宮 Lúfúgōng official, cmn 羅浮宮 Luófúgōng Taiwan Czech: cs Louvre m Danish: da Louvre Dutch: nl Louvre n Esperanto: eo Luvro, eo Louvre Estonian: et Louvre Finnish: fi Louvre French: fr Louvre m le Louvre, fr le musée du Louvre m Georgian: ka Greek: el Λούβρο n Hebrew: he לוברה Hindi: hi लूव्र m Icelandic: is Ido: io Indonesian: id Louvre Irish: ga Louvre m Italian: it Louvre m, it Museo del Louvre m Japanese: ja ルーヴル Rūvuru Kannada: kn Khmer: km លូវ័រ Korean: ko ^루브르 Lithuanian: lt Luvras m Macedonian: mk Лувр m Maltese: mt Marathi: mr लूव्ह्र Persian: fa لوور luvr Polish: pl Luwr m Portuguese: pt Louvre m Romanian: ro Luvru m Russian: ru Лувр m Scottish Gaelic: gd Louvre Serbo-Croatian: sh Spanish: es Louvre m, es Museo del Louvre m Swahili: sw Swedish: sv Louvren c Tagalog: tl Thai: th ลูฟร์ Tibetan: bo Turkish: tr Ukrainian: uk Лувр m Vietnamese: vi Bảo tàng Louvre Welsh: cy Louvre f Zhuang: za Luzfuzgungh Anagrams en eloruv louver velour en Museums Paris Royal residences Places in France French Etymology Of disputed origin: possibly from fr la Lupara, a name derived from la lupus wolf, as the first fortress of the Louvre was built on a place with such a name designating its area as a wolf hunting den. or of fr gem - origin, such as fr frk -; in an old Saxon-Latin gloss, osx Loëvar is translated as la Castellum, related to gml lūren to watch over, lurk, spy, from fr gem-pro *lūraną, which is of uncertain origin, but possibly derived from fr ine-pro *lewk- to see, shine.Henri Sauval : « Histoire et recherches des antiquités de la ville de Paris » - publié en 1724 - Tome II, Page 9, livre 7 - sur 'Les bibliothèques virtuelles humanistes possibly from fr la-lat roboretum oak wood, from fr la robur oak tree, by analysis with the modern name of the Norman river Rouvre.Jean Galard, Les mots du Louvre, Actes sud, 2003, p. 81 Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-Louvre.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Louvre.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Louvre.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>) Proper noun m en Louvre References fr Museums