Louis

louis English Etymology en ine-pro *ḱlew- *weyk- contain From en fr Louis, from en frm Loïs, frm Loïc, &c., from en fro Looïs, fro Luis, fro Lodhuvigs, fro Lodevis, fro Lodhwig, &c., from en la Ludovicus, from la Clodovicus, from en frk *Hlūdawīg, from en gem-pro *hlūdaz loud; famous + gem-pro *wīgą battle. en Lewis (which is inherited since the Middle Ages) and, more remotely, en Aloysius, en Luis, en Ludwig, en Luigi, and en Clovis. Pronunciation en /ˈluː.i/ RP,GA en Louie looey en /ˈlu.ɪs/ /ˈlu.əs/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Louis.wav Southern England en Lewis Lewes en /ˈlʉː.i/ /ˈlʉ.əs/ AU en uːi uːɪs 2 Proper noun es en male French. III 295 '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.' en uncommon en female. en rare en. en Jennifer Dunning Review/Dance; Premiere Opens Season For Nikolais and Louis w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/arts/review-dance-premiere-opens-season-for-nikolais-and-louis.html 1992-01-30 Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now. https://web.archive.org/web/20240922155740/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/arts/review-dance-premiere-opens-season-for-nikolais-and-louis.html Usage notes The Anglicized pronunciations are typically used in US English, although the French pronunciation (with a long vowel and silent en S s) is often used in French names and places, as well as for Louis Armstrong. The French pronunciation is generally preferred in UK English. Derived terms en Larry Louisville Bay St. Louis Louisburg Saint Louis St. Louis Park Related terms diminutives en Louie, en Lou feminine forms en Louise, en Louisa Descendants 1 bn লুইস 1 haw Lui 1 mi Ruihi Rewi 1 fa لوئیس lu'is Translations male given name Albanian: sq Luigj m Armenian: hy Լուդովիկոս, hy Լյուդովիկոս, hy Լուի Asturian: ast Lluis Basque: eu Koldobika, eu Koldo Bengali: bn লুইস, bn লুই Catalan: ca Lluís m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 路易斯 Lùyìsī Czech: cs Ludvík m Danish: da Ludvig Dutch: nl Lodewijk Esperanto: eo Ludoviko Faroese: fo Ludvík m Finnish: fi Ludvig historical only French: fr Louis m, fr Ludovic m Middle French: frm Lois Galician: gl Lois m Georgian: ka ლუი German: de Ludwig m Alemannic German: gsw Lui Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Ludwich Greek: el Λουδοβίκος m Hawaiian: haw Lui Hebrew: he לוּאִי lúi Hungarian: hu Lajos Icelandic: is Lúðvík Irish: ga Lughaidh m Italian: it Luigi m, it Ludovico m Japanese: ja ルイ Rui Korean: ko ^루이, ko ^루이스 Latin: la Ludovicus, la Aloysius m New Latin Latvian: lv Ludvigs m Lithuanian: lt Liudvikas Māori: mi Ruihi, mi Rewi Marathi: mr लूई m, mr लूइस m Norwegian: no Ludvig Occitan: oc Loïs m, oc Loís m Old Church Slavonic: cu Людвигъ Persian: fa لوئیس lu'is Polish: pl Ludwik m Portuguese: pt Luís, pt Luiz, pt Luigi Romagnol: rgn Luìgg m, rgn Luvìgg m Romanian: ro Ludovic Russian: ru Луи́ m, ru Людо́вик m historical, ru Луис m Sardinian: sc Luisi m Scottish Gaelic: gd Luthais m Sicilian: scn Luici m, obsolete scn Lisi m; Italianization scn Luiggi Slovak: sk Ľudovít m Spanish: es Luis m Swedish: sv Ludvig Thai: th หลุยส์ lǔi Ukrainian: uk Луї́ m, uk Людо́вик m historical, uk Лу́їс m for the English variation Vietnamese: vi Luy Bulgarian: bg Луи Galician: gl Luís Occitan: oc Loís Romanian: ro Ludovic Serbo-Croatian: sh Luj, sh Луј Slovene: sl Ludvik Noun en historical _ numismatics y en louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings. 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 en ilosu Lious en unisex given names terms with historical senses en Coins Historical currencies History of France Dutch Etymology nl ine-pro *ḱlew- *weyk- contain Borrowed from nl fr Louis. nl Lodewijk. Pronunciation nl /luˈi/ nl Nl-Louis.ogg nl Lou is nl i Proper noun m nl male Lodewijk Derived terms nl Louise, nl Louisa French Etymology fr ine-pro *ḱlew- *weyk- contain fr frm Loïs, frm Loïc, from fr fro Looïs, fro Luis, fro Lodevis, fro Lodhwig, from fr la Ludovicus < la Clodovicus, from fr frk *Hlūdawīg, from fr gem-pro *hlūdaz loud, famous + gem-pro *wīgą battle. fr Ludovic, a borrowing, as well as fr Clovis. Romance cognates include it Luigi, es Luis (taken from Old French). Compare also the Germanic cognates, nl Lodewijk, de Ludwig. Pronunciation + Lou-is fr Fr-Louis Aragon.ogg Louis Aragon Proper noun m fr male fr patronymics Related terms fr Jean-Louis Loïc louis louis d'or Louise louis-quatorzien Ludovic Descendants 1 hy Լուի 1 zh 路易 Lùyì 1 nl Louis 1 de Louis Luis 1 ka ლუი 1 he לוּאִי lúi 1 ja ルイ Rui 1 ru Луи́ 1 uk Луї 1 vi Luy Category:Terms derived from Old French nominative German Etymology de ine-pro *ḱlew- *weyk- contain de fr Louis. de Ludwig. Pronunciation de De-Louis.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de proper noun de male Ludwig Norman Etymology nrf ine-pro *ḱlew- *weyk- contain From nrf fro -, from nrf frk *Hlūdawīg; see de Ludwig for more information. Proper noun m nrf continental Normandy nrf male Related terms nrf Louisot nrf Louisotin