Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

louis-quinze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: louis-quinze
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of the reign of Louis XV of France (1710-74) in architecture and decoration.

Example Sentences

"In the center of the rich red carpet was a black and gold Louis Quinze table, a lovely antique, now sacrilegiously desecrated with marks of glasses and the scars of cigar-stumps."

Etymology

From French.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does louis-quinze mean?: Characteristic of the reign of Louis XV of France (1710-74) in architecture and decoration.
Where does louis-quinze come from?: It is traced to French.

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