English

Proper noun

Lou

1. A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
2. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa and Louise; often also used as a middle name.

Quotations

• 2006 Anne Tyler, Digging to America, Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0307263940, page 25:

  Pat and Lou, their names were. The man was Pat and the woman was Lou, or was it the other way around? Maryam knew she was going to have trouble with that.

Anagrams

• Luo

French

Proper noun

Lou

1. A male given name , diminutive of Louis.
2. A female given name, diminutive of Louise.

Mandarin

Romanization

lou (Zhuyin ㄌㄡ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 喽, 嘍

Romanization

lou

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate 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 1136755098), 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 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