English
the 1640 louis d'or
Alternative forms
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.
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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.
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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
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- 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
- Portuguese: luís de ouro m
- Romanian: ludovic de aur m
- Russian: луидо́р (ru) m (luidór)
- Spanish: luis de oro m
- Swedish: louis-d'or c, lusidor c
- Ukrainian: луїдо́р m (lujidór)
- Yakut: луидо́р (luidór)
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French
Etymology
Literally “golden louis”.
Pronunciation
Noun
louis d'or m (plural louis d'or)
- (historical numismatics) louis d'or (any gold coin introduced by Louis XIII)
- A cheese produced in Quebec.
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