Lou

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lou"

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: lew, lieu, loo, Lew, lu, lue

Proper noun

Lou (countable and uncountable, plural Lous)

1. (countable) A unisex given name.
   1. A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
      • 2010 March 9, Amy Frykholm, quoting Mark Potok, “Enemies of the people: Mark Potok monitors hate”, in The Christian Century‎^[1]:

        Or it’s the man who has listened to Lou Dobbs ranting about people crossing the borders or who has heard some incredibly nasty sermon about homosexuals and thinks to himself, “My race, my people, my tribe are under assault, and the brave young men of the tribe have to protect it.”

   2. A diminutive of the female given names Louisa or Louise; often also used as a middle name.
2. (with definite article) Nickname for St. Louis: a major city in Missouri, United States.

Quotations

• 2000 Nelly, "Country Grammar (Hot Shit"). Country Grammar, Universal Records.

  I'm from the Lou and I'm proud.

• 2006, Anne Tyler, Digging to America, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, 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.

Derived terms

• Loulou
• Lou Reed
• Lulu
• Marilou
• Mary Lou
• Mary-Lou

Related terms

• Louey
• Louie
• Louis
• Louisa
• Louise

See also

• Lew
• Lu

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lou

1. A Southeast Admiralty Islands language spoken on Lou Island of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea.
2. The Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea.

Anagrams

• Luo, UOL, oul, oul'

French

Etymology

Clipping of Louis, Louise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu/

Proper noun

Lou m or f by sense

1. a unisex given name
   1. a diminutive of the male given name Louis
   2. a diminutive of the female given name Louise

Derived terms

• Loulou