"Luigi" meaning in Italian

See Luigi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /luˈi.d͡ʒi/
Rhymes: -idʒi 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”). Compare English Louis, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Sicilian Luici. Compare the same phono-morphological output also for Parigi (“Paris”), Tamigi (“Thames”), Dionigi (“Dionysius”), artigiano (“artisan”) or parmigiano (“parmesan”), in which the spelling with the "g" was meant to represent the regular Florentine phonological output as a fricative /ʒ/, which was eventually hyper-corrected by Lombard readers as a non-etymological affricate /dʒ/ by analogy the output of Latin -g(i/e)- and -(b/d/g)j- which indeed have their outputs as affricates. Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*ḱlew-|*weyk-|id2=contain}}, {{der|it|fro|Louis}} Old French Louis, {{der|it|la|Ludovīcus}} Latin Ludovīcus, {{der|it|goh|*Hlūtwīg}} Old High German *Hlūtwīg, {{der|it|frk|*Hlūdawīg|*Hlōdowig}} Frankish *Hlōdowig, {{der|it|gem-pro|*hlūdaz||loud, famous}} Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”), {{cog|en|Louis}} English Louis, {{cog|es|Luis}} Spanish Luis, {{cog|de|Ludwig}} German Ludwig, {{cog|scn|Luici}} Sicilian Luici Head templates: {{it-proper noun|m}} Luigi m Forms: Aluigi [alternative], Aligi [alternative], Alvise [alternative], Aloise [alternative], Aloisio [alternative], Luvisi [alternative], Lovisi [alternative], Lovise [alternative], Luisi [alternative], Loisi [alternative], Loise [alternative], Luise [alternative], Luigio [alternative], Luiso [alternative], Clodoveo [alternative, Latinism], Ludovico [alternative, Latinism], De Luigi [alternative], De Lisi [alternative], De Lisio [alternative], Di Lisio [alternative], D'Aloisio [alternative]
  1. a male given name from Germanic, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Luigi-it-name-RaK3gW8a Categories (other): Italian given names, Italian male given names, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 32 16 20
  2. a male given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs Tags: masculine Related terms: Ludovico, Luisa, Luigia (english: female equivalents)
    Sense id: en-Luigi-it-name-BQXJF9-t Categories (other): Italian given names, Italian male given names, Pages with 2 entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 32 16 20 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Derived forms: Gianluigi, Gigetto, Gigi, Gigino, Gigione, Gino, Luì, luigi, luigi d'oro, luigino, Pierluigi
     
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      "ipa": "/luˈi.d͡ʒi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-idʒi"
    }
  ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Louis",
          "Louis#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luˈi.d͡ʒi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-idʒi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Luigi"
}

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