Luigi

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See also: luigi and luígí

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Luigi.

Proper noun

Luigi

  1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.

Italian

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Luigi XV di Francia
Louis XV of France

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adaptation of Old French Louis, Looïs, Luis, from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).

Compare English Louis, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Sicilian Luici. Compare the same phono-morphological output also for Parigi (“Paris”), Tamigi (“Thames”), Dionigi (“Dionysius”), artigiano (“artisan”) or parmigiano (“parmesan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈi.d͡ʒi/
  • Rhymes: -idʒi
  • Hyphenation: Lu‧ì‧gi

Proper noun

Luigi m

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louis, Lewis
  2. A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Albanian: Luigj
  • → Sicilian: Luiggi
  • → Chinese: → 路易吉 (Lùyìjí) (transliteration)
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