FromDutchluis.
luis (pluralluise,diminutiveluisie)
- louse
FromMiddle Dutchluus, fromOld Dutch*lūs, fromProto-West Germanic*lūs, fromProto-Germanic*lūs.
Cognate toLow GermanLuus,West Frisianlûs,GermanLaus,Englishlouse,Danishlus.
luis f (pluralluizen,diminutiveluisje n)
- louse, used of various insects commonly consideredpests
- member of theAphidoidea
- member of thePsocodea
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
luis
- inflection ofluizen:
- first-personsingularpresentindicative
- (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
- imperative
luis
- past oflui
luis
- inflection ofluire:
- first/second-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularpresentimperative
luis
- genitivesingular ofluēs
luis
- second-personsingularpresentactiveindicative ofluō
- “luis”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luis”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
luis
- genitivesingular oflus
- IPA(key): /ˈlwis/[ˈlwis]
- Rhymes:-is
- Syllabification:luis
FromLouis, name of several kings of France.
luis m (pluralluises)
- louis(currency)
luis
- inflection ofluir:
- second-personsingularvoseopresentindicative
- second-personpluralpresentindicative
