lou

English Online Dictionary. What means lou‎? What does lou mean?

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

• le

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

lou (alternative form le, feminine lai, plural les)

1. the

Champenois

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lu/

Etymology 1

From Latin ille.

Alternative forms

• lo

Article

lou (feminine lai, plural les)

1. the

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin lupus.

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) léoué
• leu

Noun

lou m (plural lous)

1. wolf

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu/

Etymology 1

From French lourd (“heavy”).

Adjective

lou

1. heavy

Etymology 2

From French loup (“wolf”).

Noun

lou

1. wolf

Related terms

• lougarou

Ligurian

Noun

lou m (please provide plural)

1. work

Lindu

Noun

lou

1. direction

Mandarin

Romanization

lou (lou⁵／lou⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄡ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘍／喽
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𡀔

lou

1. Nonstandard spelling of lōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lóu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lòu.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mori Bawah

Verb

lou

1. (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a lower elevation then the speaker and hearer

References

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

Old French

Alternative forms

• lu
• leu

Etymology 1

From Latin lupus. Of dialectal origin or formed analogically from the feminine louve.

Noun

lou oblique singular, m (oblique plural lous, nominative singular lous, nominative plural lou)

1. Alternative form of leu

Descendants

• French: loup

Etymology 2

See le and lo.

Article

lou

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of le

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou̯˧/

Noun

lou

1. weed

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou̯˧˥/

Noun

lóu

1. ricefield, paddy
2. farm

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lou̯˧˩/

Verb

lòu

1. (transitive) to pick (flowers or fruit)

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63