louis
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
louis /ˈluːi/ (also louis d'or /-ˈdɔː/)
▶noun (pl. same /ˈluːɪz/)
- 1 a French gold coin issued between 1640 and 1793.
- 2 another term for napoleon (sense 1).
– origin from Louis, the name of many kings of France.
'louis' also found in these Oxford entries:
béchamel
- Braille
- Elsan
- Fauve
- grand siècle
- gray
- Jekyll
- Lagrangian point
- node of Ranvier
- pasteurellosis
- pompadour
- St Louis encephalitis
