louis d'or

See also: louis-d'or

English

the 1640 louis d'or

Alternative forms

• louis-d'or, Louis d'or, Louis-d'or

Etymology

Borrowed from French louis d’or (literally “golden louis”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/, (plural) /ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlui ˈdɔɹ/, (plural) /ˌluiz ˈdɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

louis d'or (plural louis d'or or louis d'ors)

1. (historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.

   Hypernyms: louis, Louis, (Scotland) lew

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 266:

     They stopped at the most memorable places, and at last arrived at Rome, where a princess vacated her palace for their accommodation and so many louis-d'or a-month.

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

Related terms

• Friedrich d'or

Translations

any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII

• Arabic: لُوِيس ذَهَبِي m (luwīs ḏahabī)
• Belarusian: луідо́р m (luidór)
• Bulgarian: луидор m (luidor)
• Danish: louis d'or c
• Esperanto: luidoro
• Estonian: luidoor
• Finnish: louis d’or
• French: louis d’or (fr) m
• German: Louis d'or m, Louisd'or m, Louisdor m
• Greek: χρυσός λουδοβίκος m (chrysós loudovíkos), λουδοβίκειο (el) n (loudovíkeio), λουδοβίκι n (loudovíki), λουίζιο n (louízio)
• Italian: luigi d'oro m
• Japanese: ルイドール (ruidōru)
• Korean: 루이도르 (ru'idoreu), 루이 도르 (ru'i doreu)
• Lithuanian: luidoras (lt) m
• Occitan: loís d'aur m
• Polish: luidor (pl) m, ludwik (pl) m
• Portuguese: luís de ouro m
• Romanian: ludovic de aur m
• Russian: луидо́р (ru) m (luidór)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лу̏јдор m

  Roman: lȕjdor (sh) m

• Spanish: luis de oro m
• Swedish: louis-d'or c, lusidor c
• Ukrainian: луїдо́р m (lujidór)
• Yakut: луидо́р (luidór)

Anagrams

• soldiour, souldior, ursodiol

French

Alternative forms

• Louis d’Or (brand of cheese)

Etymology

Literally, “golden Louis”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwi d‿ɔʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Noun

louis d’or m (plural louis d’or)

1. (historical numismatics) louis d'or (any gold coin introduced by Louis XIII)

   Hypernym: louis

2. a brand of cheese produced in Quebec (actual spelling: Louis d’Or)