Louis
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See also: louis
English
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 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
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈluː.i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ɪs/, /ˈlu.əs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlʉː.i/, /ˈlʉ.əs/
- Rhymes: -uːi, -uːɪs
Proper noun
Louis (plural Louises)
- A male given name from French.
- 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Written in the Schoolroom”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 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.'
- (uncommon) A female given name
Usage notes
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, as well as for Louis Armstrong. The French pronunciation is generally preferred in UK English.
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Translations
male given name
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Noun
Louis (plural Louises)
- (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, […]
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Dutch
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Proper noun
Louis m
- a male given name, variant of Lodewijk
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French
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Louis m
- a male given name
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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German
Etymology
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Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Louis
- a male given name, variant of Ludwig
Norman
Etymology
From Old French, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg; see German Ludwig for more information.
Proper noun
Louis m
- (continental Normandy) a male given name
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