louis
/ˈluː.i/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from French.
name
A female given name.
name
A surname.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.
noun
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.
noun
The louis d'or constitutionnel, a 24-livre gold coin issued by the First French Republic.
Example Sentences
- "'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.'"
- "Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now."
- "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, […]"
Etymology
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 (which is inherited since the Middle Ages) and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈluː.i/
- British English: /ˈluː.i/