English Explanatory Dictionary

Louis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A male given name from French.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A surname.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.
noun
  1. Any gold or silver coin issued by the French kings from Louis XIII to Louis XVI and bearing their image on the obverse side, particularly the gold louis d'ors, originally a French form of the Spanish doubloon but varying in value between 10 and 24 livres.
  2. The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.
  3. The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.

Pronunciation

/ˈluː.i/ /ˈlu.ɪs/ /ˈlu.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Louis.wav /ˈlʉː.i/ /ˈlʉ.əs/ En-au-louis.ogg

Word forms

Louis Louises

Etymology

From French Louis, from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, &c., from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodhuvigs, Lodevis, Lodhwig, &c., from Latin Ludovicus, from Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Doublet of Lewis (which is inherited since the Middle Ages) and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.

Synonyms

Louis lew

Related words

Louie Lou Louise Louisa

Derived words

Bay St. Louis Louisburg St. Louis Park Saint Louis

Translations

Albanian: Luigj Armenian: Լուդովիկոս Armenian: Լյուդովիկոս Armenian: Լուի Asturian: Lluis Basque: Koldobika Basque: Koldo Bengali: লুইস Bengali: লুই Catalan: Lluís Chinese Mandarin: 路易斯 Czech: Ludvík Danish: Ludvig Dutch: Lodewijk Esperanto: Ludoviko Faroese: Ludvík Finnish: Ludvig French: Louis French: Ludovic Middle French: Lois Galician: Lois Georgian: ლუი German: Ludwig German: Lui German: Ludwich Greek: Λουδοβίκος Hawaiian: Lui Hebrew: לוּאִי Hungarian: Lajos Icelandic: Lúðvík Irish: Lughaidh Italian: Luigi Italian: Ludovico Japanese: ルイ Korean: 루이 Korean: 루이스 Latin: Ludovicus Latin: Aloysius Latvian: Ludvigs Lithuanian: Liudvikas Māori: Ruihi Māori: Rewi Marathi: लूई Marathi: लूइस Norwegian: Ludvig Occitan: Loïs Occitan: Loís Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ Persian: لوئیس Polish: Ludwik Portuguese: Luís Portuguese: Luiz Portuguese: Luigi Romagnol: Luìgg Romagnol: Luvìgg Romanian: Ludovic
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