"Luís" meaning in All languages combined

See Luís on Wiktionary

Proper name [Portuguese]

IPA: /luˈis/ [Brazil], [lʊˈis] [Brazil], /luˈis/ [Brazil], [lʊˈis] [Brazil], /luˈiʃ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [lʊˈiʃ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /luˈiʃ/ [Portugal], /luˈiʃ/ [Northeast-Brazil] Forms: Luíses [plural], Luísa [feminine], Luísas [feminine, plural], Luiz [alternative, dated], Luys [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ Etymology: Adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis, and Aloísio. Compare Spanish Luis, English Louis, Italian Luigi, Sicilian Luici, German Ludwig. Etymology templates: {{der|pt|fro|Louis}} Old French Louis, {{der|pt|la|Ludovīcus}} Latin Ludovīcus, {{der|pt|goh|*Hlūtwīg}} Old High German *Hlūtwīg, {{der|pt|frk|*Hlūdawīg|*Hlōdowig}} Frankish *Hlōdowig, {{der|pt|gem-pro|*hlūdaz||loud, famous}} Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”), {{doublet|pt|Ludovico|Clóvis|Aloísio}} Doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis, and Aloísio, {{cog|es|Luis}} Spanish Luis, {{cog|en|Louis}} English Louis, {{cog|it|Luigi}} Italian Luigi, {{cog|scn|Luici}} Sicilian Luici, {{cog|de|Ludwig}} German Ludwig Head templates: {{pt-proper noun|m|Luíses|f=Luísa}} Luís m (plural Luíses, feminine Luísa, feminine plural Luísas)
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis Tags: masculine Derived forms: luís, Luisburgo, Luislândia Related terms: Aloísio, Clóvis, Ludovico, Luisiana, luisiana, luisianense, Luisiânia, luisiano

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Luis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "Louis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French Louis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Ludovīcus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Ludovīcus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "*Hlūtwīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German *Hlūtwīg",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*Hlūdawīg",
        "4": "*Hlōdowig"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *Hlōdowig",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hlūdaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "loud, famous"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "Ludovico",
        "3": "Clóvis",
        "4": "Aloísio"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis, and Aloísio",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "Luis"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish Luis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Louis"
      },
      "expansion": "English Louis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "Luigi"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian Luigi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "Luici"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian Luici",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Ludwig"
      },
      "expansion": "German Ludwig",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis, and Aloísio.\nCompare Spanish Luis, English Louis, Italian Luigi, Sicilian Luici, German Ludwig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Luíses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luísa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luísas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luiz",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Portugal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luys",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "Luíses",
        "f": "Luísa"
      },
      "expansion": "Luís m (plural Luíses, feminine Luísa, feminine plural Luísas)",
      "name": "pt-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Lu",
        "ís"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "luís"
        },
        {
          "word": "Luisburgo"
        },
        {
          "word": "Luislândia"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis"
      ],
      "id": "en-Luís-pt-name-8JzuemS-",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Louis",
          "Louis#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lewis",
          "Lewis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Aloísio"
        },
        {
          "word": "Clóvis"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ludovico"
        },
        {
          "word": "Luisiana"
        },
        {
          "word": "luisiana"
        },
        {
          "word": "luisianense"
        },
        {
          "word": "Luisiânia"
        },
        {
          "word": "luisiano"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʊˈis]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʊˈis]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʊˈiʃ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -is"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "luís"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Luís"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "luís"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luisburgo"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luislândia"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Luis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "Louis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French Louis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Ludovīcus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Ludovīcus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "*Hlūtwīg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German *Hlūtwīg",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*Hlūdawīg",
        "4": "*Hlōdowig"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *Hlōdowig",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hlūdaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "loud, famous"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "Ludovico",
        "3": "Clóvis",
        "4": "Aloísio"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis, and Aloísio",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "Luis"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish Luis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Louis"
      },
      "expansion": "English Louis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "Luigi"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian Luigi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "Luici"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian Luici",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Ludwig"
      },
      "expansion": "German Ludwig",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”). Doublet of Ludovico, Clóvis, and Aloísio.\nCompare Spanish Luis, English Louis, Italian Luigi, Sicilian Luici, German Ludwig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Luíses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luísa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luísas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luiz",
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Portugal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Luys",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "Luíses",
        "f": "Luísa"
      },
      "expansion": "Luís m (plural Luíses, feminine Luísa, feminine plural Luísas)",
      "name": "pt-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Lu",
        "ís"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Aloísio"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clóvis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ludovico"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luisiana"
    },
    {
      "word": "luisiana"
    },
    {
      "word": "luisianense"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luisiânia"
    },
    {
      "word": "luisiano"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
        "Portuguese countable proper nouns",
        "Portuguese doublets",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese given names",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese male given names",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese proper nouns",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Frankish",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Old French",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Old High German",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Portuguese terms with homophones",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/is",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/is/2 syllables",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃ",
        "Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Louis",
          "Louis#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lewis",
          "Lewis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʊˈis]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈis/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʊˈis]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lʊˈiʃ]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈiʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Brazil) -is"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "luís"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Luís"
}

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