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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French louis, from Louis, the name of the French kings who first issued these coins and whose images appeared on their obverses.

Pronunciation

Noun

louis (plural louis or louises)

1. (historical numismatics) 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. (historical numismatics) The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.
3. (historical numismatics, informal) The franc germinal or napoleon, a similar gold coin issued by Napoleon and bearing his image on the obverse, worth 20 francs.

Synonyms

• Louis; lew (Scotland)

Hyponyms

• franc germinal, napoleon
• louis d'or
• louis d'or constitutionnel

Anagrams

• Lious

French

Etymology

From Louis, the name of the kings of France who first issued these coins and whose images appeared on their obverses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwi/

Noun

louis m (plural louis)

1. (historical numismatics) A louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the Kingdom, Republic, and (slang) Empire of France.
2. (historical numismatics, slang) 20 francs.

Synonyms

• (republican coin): louis d'or constitutionnel
• (imperial coin): napoléon, franc germinal

Hyponyms

• (royal coins): louis d'or

Derived terms

• louis d'or
• louis d'or constitutionnel

Further reading

• “louis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Pronunciation

Noun

louis m (plural louis)

1. (Jersey, numismatics) pound

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