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Meaning of "lou" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOU

lou  [luː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOU

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lou is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lou in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LOU

PRESENT

Present
I lou
you lou
he/she/it lous
we lou
you lou
they lou
Present continuous
I am louing
you are louing
he/she/it is louing
we are louing
you are louing
they are louing
Present perfect
I have loued
you have loued
he/she/it has loued
we have loued
you have loued
they have loued
Present perfect continuous
I have been louing
you have been louing
he/she/it has been louing
we have been louing
you have been louing
they have been louing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I loued
you loued
he/she/it loued
we loued
you loued
they loued
Past continuous
I was louing
you were louing
he/she/it was louing
we were louing
you were louing
they were louing
Past perfect
I had loued
you had loued
he/she/it had loued
we had loued
you had loued
they had loued
Past perfect continuous
I had been louing
you had been louing
he/she/it had been louing
we had been louing
you had been louing
they had been louing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will lou
you will lou
he/she/it will lou
we will lou
you will lou
they will lou
Future continuous
I will be louing
you will be louing
he/she/it will be louing
we will be louing
you will be louing
they will be louing
Future perfect
I will have loued
you will have loued
he/she/it will have loued
we will have loued
you will have loued
they will have loued
Future perfect continuous
I will have been louing
you will have been louing
he/she/it will have been louing
we will have been louing
you will have been louing
they will have been louing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would lou
you would lou
he/she/it would lou
we would lou
you would lou
they would lou
Conditional continuous
I would be louing
you would be louing
he/she/it would be louing
we would be louing
you would be louing
they would be louing
Conditional perfect
I would have lou
you would have lou
he/she/it would have lou
we would have lou
you would have lou
they would have lou
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been louing
you would have been louing
he/she/it would have been louing
we would have been louing
you would have been louing
they would have been louing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lou
we let´s lou
you lou
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lou
Past participle
loued
Present Participle
louing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOU

lotusland
Lou Gehrig´s disease
louche
louchely
loud
loud-hailer
loud-mouthed
louden
loudish
loudly
loudmouth
loudness
loudspeaker
loudspeaker van
lough
Lough Allen
Lough Neagh
Loughborough
louis
louis d´or

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOU

after you
chou
Dou
fou
good on you
Guangzhou
Hangzhou
not with you
ou
Ouagadougou
Poitou
see you
sou
Suzhou
thank you
thank-you
thou
what have you
you
Zhou

Synonyms and antonyms of lou in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lou» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOU

Find out the translation of lou to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lou from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lou» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lou
570 millions of speakers

English

lou
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Lou
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lou
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lou
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lou
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lho
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lou
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லூ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॉ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lou
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lou
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Lou
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Лу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lou
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lou
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Lou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lou
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lou
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lou

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOU»

The term «lou» is very widely used and occupies the 8.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOU» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lou» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lou» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lou

EXAMPLES

4 QUOTES WITH «LOU»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lou.
1
Phil Harris
Lou and I met while we were in high school in our senior year. We were in many of the same classes together and quite a few times we went over to his house to hang out.
2
Rickey Henderson
Lou Brock was a great base stealer but today I am the greatest.
3
Israel Horovitz
Lou Tyrrell has created a theatre that is a safe haven for playwrights, a birthing center for new American writing. Arts Garage has created a vital, enthusiastic audience for theatre, music, painting and sculpture in Delray Beach.
4
Stephen Malkmus
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOU»

Discover the use of lou in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lou and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Koala Lou
A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win back her distracted parent's attention. Reprint.
Mem Fox, 1994
2
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
. Catrow's full-bleed pencil-and-watercolor illustrations, awash in ripe colors and animated by slapstick exaggeration, radiate a winningly eccentric elegance." (Publishers Weekly) "The text is fast and funny, and Molly Lou is a fetching ...
Patty Lovell, 2011
3
Lou: Winning at Illinois
Lou: Winning at Illinois is an inside look at the normally private Henson and the program he headed.
Lou Henson, Skip Myslenski, 1989
4
Complete Linebacking
Offers players and coaches a clinic on fundamentals, pre-snap keys, and techniques used by inside and outside linebackers in specific defenses
Lou Tepper, 1998
5
The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell it Like it is
"The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer" demonstrates that there is still much to learn about and from this valiant black freedom movement activist. The first collection of speeches from one of the movement's valiant firebrands
Fannie Lou Hamer, Maegan Parker Brooks, Davis W. Houck, 2011
6
The Study of Dress History
This book shows how the fields of dress history and dress studies are now benefitting from the adoption of new multi-disciplinary approaches and outlines the full range of these approaches which draw on material culture, ethnography, and ...
Lou Taylor, 2002
7
Lou Whittaker: Memoirs of a Mountain Guide
In Lou Whittaker: Memoirs of a Mountain Guide, Lou is at his storytelling best as he shares adventures and wisdom honed from the wild times of his youth to his more recent climbs with some of the country's best mountaineers.
Lou Whittaker, 1994
8
Lou Reed 'Talking'
Over the past decade Reed has reinvented himself, ditching his image as a drug-addicted poet of despair and emerging as a clear thinker whose decadent past is now a distant memory. Here are the thoughts of the man himself.
Nick Johnstone, 2010
9
This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
The award-winning biography of black civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer
Kay Mills, 1994
10
The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle
Outlines a scientifically based weight-lifting method that focuses on the body's natural abilities, sharing three programs for fat loss, muscle gain, and strength improvement that can be customized at home or at the gym for improved health. ...
Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lou is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Movie deal on base for Lou Gehrig biopic - Robert Feder
Chicago author Jonathan Eig's bestselling biography of baseball legend Lou Gehrig just moved a step closer to becoming a movie. «Robert Feder, Jul 15»
2
Lou Cannon: California, Hawaii Lead Way on Climate Change Targets
Lou Cannon: California, Hawaii Lead Way on Climate Change Targets. By Lou Cannon, State Net Capitol Journal | Published on 07.20.2015 4:05 p.m.. «Noozhawk, Jul 15»
3
SCENES AND SONGS FROM FANNIE LOU Opening Night Sold Out
"Scenes and Songs from Fannie Lou" will be performed Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. at the Anacostia Arts Center. The event, which marks the ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
4
Lou Ann Pew | TheCabin.net - Conway, Arkansas
Lou Ann Pew, 80, of Conway passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015. She was born July 27, 1934 in Holland, Ark. to the late Morris H. Butler and ... «Log Cabin Democrat, Jul 15»
5
Not secure in Millville; Todd Edwards; Lou Magazzzu jeans; BEN …
Lou Magazzu. —. Try this on for size, Lou. Went to DXL in Deptford looking for shirts. Guy shows us a casual shirt and mentions a price, but it ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
6
Mattie Lou Scott - Casper Star-Tribune
Visitation will be 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM this evening, July 21, 2015 at Newcomer Funeral Home Chapel. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 15»
7
Bluegrass outfit Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys at the Plough Arts …
Lindsay Lou And The Flatbellys are a fresh new voice in modern bluegrass, with driving instrumentals. Lindsay's soulful voice, intriguing lyrics ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
8
Mary Lou Landgrebe Rabke | Dewitt County Today
Mary Lou Landgrebe Rabke, 79, of Yorktown, passed away Friday July 17, 2015. She was born April 15, 1936 in Goliad County to the late ... «Cuero Record, Jul 15»
9
Former U.S. Rep Lou Stokes Has Cancer | Newsradio WTAM 1100
(Cleveland) - Former Congressman Louis Stokes has been diagnosed with lung and brain cancer. The long-time politician confirmed the news ... «WTAM.com, Jul 15»
10
Devils in the Details - 7/20/15: OT Stats Edition - In Lou We Trust
The Devils opened development camp up a little bit last week in a move away from Lou culture: [NJ.com] Thoughts on the switch? «In Lou We Trust, Jul 15»

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