# Louis
## English
### 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 and, more remotely, Aloysius, Luis, Ludwig, Luigi, and Clovis.
Remotely related to Slav and related terms through the Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear, be heard; famous”) root.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Louis (plural Louises)
* A male given name from French.
** 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Written in the Schoolroom”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 295:'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

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, as well as for Louis Armstrong. The French pronunciation is generally preferred in UK English.

#### Derived terms

* Bay St. Louis
* Louisburg
* Saint Louis

#### Related terms

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

#### Descendants

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

#### Translations

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### Noun

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

* Lious

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Louis. Doublet of Lodewijk.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Louis m
* a male given name, variant of Lodewijk

#### Derived terms

* Louise, Louisa

## French
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lwi/, /lu.i/
* Audio; “Louis Aragon”:(file)

### Proper noun

Louis m
* a male given name
* a surname originating as a patronymic

#### Related terms

* Jean-Louis
* Loïc
* louis
* louis d’or
* Louise
* louis-quatorzien
* Ludovic

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: Լուի (Lui)
* → Chinese: 路易 (Lùyì)
* → Dutch: Louis
* → German: Louis, Luis
* → Georgian: ლუი (lui)
* → Hebrew: לוּאִי (lúi)
* → Japanese: ルイ (Rui)
* → Russian: Луи́ (Luí)
* → Ukrainian: Луї (Luji)
* → Vietnamese: Luy

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Louis. Doublet of Ludwig.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Louis
* a male given name, variant of Ludwig

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg; see German Ludwig for more information.

### Proper noun

Louis m
* (continental Normandy) a male given name

#### Related terms

* Louisot
* Louisotin