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Louis

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See also: louis

English

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Etymology

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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 and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.

Remotely related to Slav and related terms through the Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (to hear, be heard; famous) root.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Louis (plural Louises)

  1. A male given name from French.
    • 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 36, in Shirley. A Tale. [], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., [], →OCLC:
      "It is hardly a week since you called me your future husband, and treated me as such; now I am once more the tutor for you: I am addressed as Mr. Moore, and Sir; your lips have forgotten Louis."
      "No, Louis, no: it is an easy, liquid name, not soon forgotten."
  2. (uncommon) A female given name

Usage notes

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The Anglicized pronunciations are typically used in US English, although the French pronunciation (with a long vowel and silent s) is often used in French names and places. The French pronunciation is generally preferred in UK English.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bengali: লুইস (luiś)
  • Hawaiian: Lui
  • Maori: Ruihi, Rewi
  • Persian: لوئیس (lu'is)

Translations

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Noun

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Louis (plural Louises)

  1. (historical numismatics) Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      It was a strange collection, like Billy Bones’s hoard for the diversity of coinage, but so much larger and so much more varied that I think I never had more pleasure than in sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, []

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Louis. Doublet of Lodewijk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /luˈi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lou‧is
  • Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

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Louis m

  1. a male given name, variant of Lodewijk

Derived terms

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French Loïs, Loïc, from Old French Looïs, Luis, Lodevis, Lodhwig, from Latin Ludovicus < Clodovicus, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (loud, famous) + *wīgą (battle).

Doublet of Ludovic, a borrowing, as well as Clovis. Romance cognates include Italian Luigi, Spanish Luis (taken from Old French). Compare also the Germanic cognates, Dutch Lodewijk, German Ludwig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lwi/, /lu.i/
  • Audio; Louis Aragon:(file)

Proper noun

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Louis m

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname originating as a patronymic
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Descendants

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French Louis. Doublet of Ludwig.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Louis

  1. a male given name, variant of Ludwig

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg; see German Ludwig for more information.

Proper noun

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Louis m

  1. (continental Normandy) a male given name
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