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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌluːɪ ˈdɔː/, (plural) /ˌluːɪz ˈdɔː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlui ˈdɔɹ/, (plural) /ˌluiz ˈdɔɹ/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Noun

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

(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)

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

ursodiol

French

Etymology

Literally “golden Louis”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lwi d‿ɔʁ/
Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Noun

louis d'or m (plural louis d'or)

(historical numismatics) louis d'or (any gold coin introduced by Louis XIII)
Hypernym: louis
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