Louis

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈluː.i/
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• homophone: Louie
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• homophone: looey
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• General-American: /ˈlu.ɪs/
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• General-American: /ˈlu.əs/
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• homophone: Lewis
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• homophone: Lewes
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• Australian: /ˈlʉː.i/
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• Australian: /ˈlʉ.əs/
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• rhymes with -uːi
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• rhymes with -uːɪs
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• CMU ARPABET: L UW1 IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: L UW1 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

Borrowed from French louis, from Louis, the name of the French kings who first issued these coins and whose images appeared on their obverses.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Luigj — male given name
• Armenian: Լուդովիկոս (Ludovikos) — male given name
• Armenian: Լյուդովիկոս (Lyudovikos) — male given name
• Armenian: Լուի (Lui) — male given name
• Asturian: Lluis — male given name
• Basque: Koldobika — male given name
• Basque: Koldo — male given name
• Bengali: লুইস (luiś) — male given name
• Bengali: লুই (lui) — male given name
• Catalan: Lluís — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 路易斯 (Lùyìsī) — male given name
• Czech: Ludvík — male given name
• Danish: Ludvig — male given name
• Dutch: Lodewijk — male given name
• Esperanto: Ludoviko — male given name
• Faroese: Ludvík — male given name
• Finnish: Ludvig — male given name
• French: Louis — male given name
• French: Ludovic — male given name
• Middle French: Lois — male given name
• Galician: Lois — male given name
• Georgian: ლუი (lui) — male given name
• German: Ludwig — male given name
• German: Lui — male given name
• German: Ludwich — male given name
• Greek: Λουδοβίκος (Loudovíkos) — male given name
• Hawaiian: Lui — male given name
• Hebrew: לוּאִי (lúi) — male given name
• Hungarian: Lajos — male given name
• Icelandic: Lúðvík — male given name
• Irish: Lughaidh — male given name
• Italian: Luigi — male given name
• Italian: Ludovico — male given name
• Japanese: ルイ (Rui) — male given name
• Korean: 루이 (Ru'i) — male given name
• Korean: 루이스 (Ru'iseu) — male given name
• Latin: Ludovicus — male given name
• Latin: Aloysius — male given name
• Latvian: Ludvigs — male given name
• Lithuanian: Liudvikas — male given name
• Māori: Ruihi — male given name
• Māori: Rewi — male given name
• Marathi: लूई (lūī) — male given name
• Marathi: लूइस (lūis) — male given name
• Norwegian: Ludvig — male given name
• Occitan: Loïs — male given name
• Occitan: Loís — male given name
• Old Church Slavonic: Людвигъ (Ljudvigŭ) — male given name
• Persian: لوئیس (lu'is) — male given name
• Polish: Ludwik — male given name
• Portuguese: Luís — male given name
• Portuguese: Luiz — male given name
• Portuguese: Luigi — male given name
• Romagnol: Luìgg — male given name
• Romagnol: Luvìgg — male given name
• Romanian: Ludovic — male given name
• Russian: Луи́ (Luí) — male given name
• Russian: Людо́вик (Ljudóvik) — male given name
• Russian: Луис — male given name
• Sardinian: Luisi — male given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Luthais — male given name
• Sicilian: Luici — male given name
• Sicilian: Lisi — male given name
• Sicilian: (Italianization) Luiggi — male given name
• Slovak: Ľudovít — male given name
• Spanish: Luis — male given name
• Swedish: Ludvig — male given name
• Thai: หลุยส์ (lǔi) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Луї́ (Lují) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Людо́вик (Ljudóvyk) — male given name
• Ukrainian: Лу́їс (Lújis) — male given name
• Vietnamese: Luy — male given name