Louis

English edit

Etymology edit

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-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud; famous”) root.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.i/
- Homophones: Louie, looey
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ɪs/, /ˈlu.əs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Homophones: Lewis, Lewes
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈlʉː.i/, /ˈlʉ.əs/
Rhymes: -uːi, -uːɪs

Proper noun edit

Louis (plural Louises)

A male given name from French.
- 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 36, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC:
  "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 edit

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. The French pronunciation is the only one used in UK English.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

(diminutives): Louie, Lou
(feminine forms): Louise, Louisa

Descendants edit

→ Bengali: লুইস (luiś)
→ Hawaiian: Lui
→ Maori: Ruihi, Rewi
→ Persian: لوئیس (lu'is)

Translations edit

male given name

Albanian: Luigj m
Armenian: Լուդովիկոս (Ludovikos), Լյուդովիկոս (Lyudovikos), Լուի (Lui)
Basque: Koldobika (eu), Koldo (eu)
Bengali: লুইস (luiś), লুই (bn) (lui)
Catalan: Lluís (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 路易斯 (zh) (Lùyìsī)
Czech: Ludvík (cs) m
Danish: Ludvig
Dutch: Lodewijk (nl)
Esperanto: Ludoviko
Faroese: Ludvík m
Finnish: Ludvig (fi) (historical only)
French: Louis (fr) m, Ludovic (fr) m
Middle French: Lois
Galician: Lois (gl) m
Georgian: ლუი (lui)
German: Ludwig (de) m
Alemannic German: Lui
Greek: Λουδοβίκος (el) m (Loudovíkos)
Hawaiian: Lui
Hebrew: לוּאִי (he) (lúi)
Hungarian: Lajos (hu)
Icelandic: Lúðvík (is)
Irish: Lughaidh m
Italian: Luigi (it) m, Ludovico (it) m
Japanese: ルイ (ja) (Rui)
Korean: 루이 (Ru'i), 루이스 (Ru'iseu)
Latin: Ludovicus (la), Aloysius m (New Latin)
Latvian: Ludvigs m
Lithuanian: Liudvikas
Maori: Ruihi, Rewi
Norwegian: Ludvig (no)
Occitan: Loïs m, Loís m
Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ (Ljudvigŭ)
Persian: لوئیس (fa) (lu'is)
Polish: Ludwik (pl)
Portuguese: Luís (pt), Luiz (pt)
Rhine Franconian: Ludwich
Romagnol: Luìgg m, Luvìgg m
Romanian: Ludovic (ro)
Russian: Луи́ (ru) m (Luí), Людо́вик (ru) m (Ljudóvik) (historical)
Sardinian: Luisi m
Scottish Gaelic: Luthais m
Sicilian: Luici m, Luisi m (obsolete), Luiggi (italianization), Luduvicu
Slovak: Ľudovít m
Spanish: Luis (es) m
Swedish: Ludvig (sv)
Ukrainian: Луї́ m (Lují), Людо́вик m (Ljudóvyk) (historical), Лу́їс m (Lújis) (for the English variation)
Vietnamese: Luy

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Луи (Lui)
Galician: ^{(please verify)} Luís (gl)
Occitan: ^{(please verify)} Loís
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} Ludovic (ro)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Luj, ^{(please verify)} Луј
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Ludvik (sl)

Noun edit

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, […]

Anagrams edit

Lious

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French Louis. Doublet of Lodewijk.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /luˈi/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Lou‧is
Rhymes: -i

Proper noun edit

Louis m

a male given name, variant of Lodewijk

Derived terms edit

Louise, Louisa

French edit

Etymology edit

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.