Lew

See also: LEW and lew

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: Lou

Proper noun

Lew (plural Lews)

1. A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.
   1. A male given name.
      • 2019, Douglas Gomery, The Hollywood Studio System: A History‎, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

        When Lew Wasserman reinvented the studio system, leadership skills grew harder to find and the number of modern studio conglomerates boiled down to six, as discussed in chapters 15 to 20.

2. A surname.

Related terms

• Lewy

See also

• Lou

Anagrams

• we'l

Polish

Etymology

From lew.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: Lew
• Homophone: lew

Proper noun

Lew m animal

1. (astronomy) Leo (constellation)
2. (astrology) Leo (the zodiac sign)
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Leo
4. a male surname
5. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Lew

	singular
nominative	Lew
genitive	Lwa
dative	Lwu
accusative	Lwa
instrumental	Lwem
locative	Lwie
vocative	Lwie

See also

Zodiac signs in Polish (layout · text)
Baran	Byk	Bliźnięta	Rak
Lew	Panna	Waga	Skorpion
Strzelec	Koziorożec	Wodnik	Ryby

Further reading

• Lew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Lew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Lew”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Liu
• Leow
• Lu

Etymology

Borrowed from English Lew, from Hokkien 呂 / 吕 (Lū) and Mandarin 劉／刘 (Liú). Doublet of Lao, Liu, Lu, Lou, Loo, Luy, and Du.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlu/ [ˈlʊ]
• Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

Lew (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)

1. a surname from Hokkien or Mandarin