louis d'or

See also: louis-d'or

English

Alternative forms

the 1640 louis d'or

• louis-d'or
• Louis d'or
• Louis-d'or

Etymology

Borrowed from French louis d’or (literally “golden louis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/, (plural) /ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/
• IPA^(key): /ˌlui ˈdɔɹ/, (plural) /ˌluiz ˈdɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

louis d'or (plural louis d'or or louis d'ors)

1. (historical numismatics) Any of the gold coins first introduced in France under Louis XIII in 1640, based upon the Spanish doubloon.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

     It was a long, difficult business, for the coins were of all countries and sizes — doubloons, and louis-d'ors, and guineas, and pieces of eight, and I know not what besides, all shaken together at random.

   Hypernyms: louis, Louis, (Scotland) lew

Related terms

• Friedrich d'or

Translations

any gold coin introduced in France by Louis XIII

• Arabic: لُوِيس ذَهَبِي m (luwīs ḏahabī)
• Belarusian: луідо́р m (luidór)
• Bulgarian: луидор m (luidor)
• Danish: louis d'or c
• Esperanto: luidoro
• Estonian: luidoor
• Finnish: louis d’or
• French: louis d’or (fr) m
• German: Louis d'or m, Louisd'or m, Louisdor m
• Greek: χρυσός λουδοβίκος m (chrysós loudovíkos)
• Italian: luigi d'oro m
• Japanese: ルイドール (ruidōru)
• Korean: 루이도르 (ru'idoreu), 루이 도르 (ru'i doreu)
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• Lithuanian: luidoras (lt) m
• Occitan: loís d'aur m
• Polish: luidor m, ludwik m
• Portuguese: luís de ouro m
• Romanian: ludovic de aur m
• Russian: луидо́р (ru) m (luidór)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лу̏јдор m

  Roman: lȕjdor (sh) m

• Spanish: luis de oro m
• Swedish: louis-d'or c, lusidor c
• Ukrainian: луїдо́р m (lujidór)
• Yakut: луидо́р (luidór)

Anagrams

• soldiour, souldior, ursodiol

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French

Etymology

Literally “golden Louis”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwi d‿ɔʁ/
• Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Noun

louis d’or m (plural louis d’or)

1. (historical numismatics) louis d'or (any gold coin introduced by Louis XIII)

   Hypernym: louis

2. A cheese produced in Quebec.