different between lou vs betty

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

• le

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

lou (alternative form le, feminine lai, plural les)

1. the

Champenois

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

lou

1. the

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French lourd (“heavy”)

Adjective

lou

1. heavy

Lindu

Noun

lou

1. direction

Mandarin

Romanization

lou (Zhuyin ???)

1. Pinyin transcription of ?, ?
2. Pinyin transcription of ????

lou

1. Nonstandard spelling of l?u.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lóu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of l?u.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lòu.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mori Bawah

Verb

lou

1. (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a lower elevation then the speaker and hearer

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, ?ISBN, page 695-6

Old French

Alternative forms

• lu
• leu

Etymology 1

From Latin lupus. Of dialectal origin or formed analogically from the feminine louve.

Noun

lou m (oblique plural lous, nominative singular lous, nominative plural lou)

1. Alternative form of leu

Descendants

• French: loup

Etymology 2

See le and lo.

Article

lou

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of le

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou??/

Noun

lou

1. weed

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou???/

Noun

lóu

1. ricefield, paddy
2. farm

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou???/

Verb

lòu

1. (transitive) to pick (flowers or fruit)

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

English

Alternative forms

• (bar used by thieves to open doors): bettee
• (attractive woman): Betty

Etymology

From Betty (“nickname for "Elizabeth"”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?ti/
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

betty (plural betties)

1. (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.
2. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
   • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull

     The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.

3. (archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman.
4. (US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (attractive woman): see Thesaurus:beautiful woman
• (man who performs a woman's tasks): cot-betty, cot-quean, henhussy

Hyponyms

• (man who performs a woman's tasks): househusband

Anagrams

• TBYTE, tbyte