luis

From Dutch luis.

• IPA^(key): /lœis/

luis (plural luise, diminutive luisie)

1. louse

• IPA^(key): /lœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: luis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

From Middle Dutch luus, from Old Dutch *lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Cognate to Low German Luus, West Frisian lûs, German Laus, English louse, Danish lus.

luis f (plural luizen, diminutive luisje n)

1. louse, used of various insects commonly considered pests
   1. member of the Aphidoidea
   2. member of the Psocodea

• Afrikaans: luis
• Negerhollands: loes, lues

• neet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

luis

1. inflection of luizen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

luis

1. past of lui

• IPA^(key): /lɥi/
• Homophones: lui, luit

luis

1. inflection of luire:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

luis

1. genitive singular of luēs

luis

1. second-person singular present active indicative of luō

• “luis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• luis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

luis

1. genitive singular of lus

• lusa

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwis/ [ˈlwis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: luis

From Louis, name of several kings of France.

luis m (plural luises)

1. louis (currency)

luis

1. inflection of luir:
   1. second-person singular voseo present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative

• “luis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014