different between louise vs louis

French

Noun

louise f (plural louises)

1. (colloquial) fart
   • 2002, Patrice Dard, Un pompier nommé Béru: Les Nouvelles aventures de San-Antonio, Fayard ?ISBN

     – Pas l'gaz ! ricane l'Enflure. Tire mon p'tit doigt. J'vais te craquer une louise qu'si ton cocu y croive pas qu'on vient d'vous l'installer, l'gaz, c'est qu'y manque vraiment d'imagination.

   • 2011, SAN-ANTONIO, Princesse Patte-en-l'air, 12-21 ?ISBN

     Pour ne pas être en reste, l'un des occupants se met à craquer une louise, mais après tout, peutêtre s'agitil du même qui serait biloque.

   • 2014, Samuel Sutra, Le Bazar et la Nécessité: (Tonton sème le doute)

     J'ai un bras droit qui, quand il pense lâcher une louise discrète fait le même bruit qu'un Boeing au décollage.

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