Louis
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈluː.i//
- United States//ˈlu.ɪs//
- United States//ˈlu.əs//
- Australia//ˈlʉː.i//
- Australia//ˈlʉ.əs//
A male given name from French.
proper noun
- 1
A male given name from French.
'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.'
- 2
A female given name.
- 3
rareA surname.
Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.
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.
noun
- 1
Variant of louishistoricalAlternative letter-case form of louis: various gold and silver coins issued by the French kings.
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, […]
Forms
- plural
- Louises