different between luke vs lou

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lukewarm. Compare lew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k

Adjective

luke (not comparable)

1. (rare) lukewarm
   • 1881, Ælfric, trans. Walter W. Skeat, Aelfric’s Lives of Saints, page 249:

     Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill,
     cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself
     in the luke water, and turned from his companions;
     but he died as soon as he touched the water,
     and the warmness was turned into death to him […]

   • 1983, C. Darrel Sheraw, Lou Horton, and Bill Durbin, The Call Duck Breed Book, page 106:

     Secondly, fresh, preferably luke to warm water must be provided in waterers every day to avoid dehydration, weakening and ‘going light’. […] Warm to luke water is given in waterers as an alternative because all fowl drink more water if it is not excessively cold, […]

   • 2016, Ankur and Vandana Mehrotra, You Can Do It: Find Answers to All Your Questions on How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Now:

     Same time, if you put the other hand in cold water and then in luke water, you will feel luke warm water is hot.

Anagrams

• leku, leuk-

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the verb lukke

Noun

luke f or m (definite singular luka or luken, indefinite plural luker, definite plural lukene)

1. a small door (including on an Advent calendar)
2. a hatch
3. a window (e.g. ticket window)
4. a gap, space, slot, opening

Derived terms

• bakluke
• takluke

References

• “luke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the verb lukke

Noun

luke f (definite singular luka, indefinite plural luker, definite plural lukene)

1. a small door (including on an Advent calendar)
2. a hatch
3. a window (e.g. ticket window)
4. a gap, space, slot, opening

Derived terms

• bakluke
• takluke

References

• “luke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Noun

luke (plural lukes)

1. Alternative form of luik

Verb

luke (third-person singular present lukes, present participle lukin, past lukit, past participle lukit)

1. Alternative form of luik

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

luke (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of luka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Noun

luke

1. inflection of luka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

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