leger

See also: léger

English

Etymology

French léger, from Latin (assumed) leviarius, from Latin levis (“light in weight”). See levity.

Adjective

leger (comparative more leger, superlative most leger)

  1. (obsolete) light; slender; slim; trivial
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  2. Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident.
    leger ambassador

Noun

leger (plural legers)

  1. Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
  2. A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government; also lieger, leiger.
    • Fuller
      Sir Edward Carne, the queen's leger at Rome
  3. A ledger.

Verb

leger (third-person singular simple present legers, present participle legering, simple past and past participle legered)

  1. (Britain, fishing) To engage in bottom fishing.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for leger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleː.ɣər/
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  • Hyphenation: le‧ger
  • Rhymes: -eːɣər

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *legrą.

Noun

leger n (plural legers, diminutive legertje n)

  1. army, armed forces
    Het leger moet leger!
    The army must become emptier!
  2. form (habitation of a hare)
  3. (archaic) bed, crib
  4. (figuratively) mass, multitude
  5. Short for dijkleger.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Adjective

leger

  1. Comparative form of leeg

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

leger

  1. first-person singular present indicative of legeren
  2. imperative of legeren

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French léger.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

leger (comparative legerer, superlative am legersten)

  1. casual, informal
  2. (of clothing) dressed down

Declension

Comparative forms of leger
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist legerer sie ist legerer es ist legerer sie sind legerer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative legererer legerere legereres legerere
genitive legereren legererer legereren legererer
dative legererem legererer legererem legereren
accusative legereren legerere legereres legerere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der legerere die legerere das legerere die legereren
genitive des legereren der legereren des legereren der legereren
dative dem legereren der legereren dem legereren den legereren
accusative den legereren die legerere das legerere die legereren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein legererer eine legerere ein legereres (keine) legereren
genitive eines legereren einer legereren eines legereren (keiner) legereren
dative einem legereren einer legereren einem legereren (keinen) legereren
accusative einen legereren eine legerere ein legereres (keine) legereren

Further reading

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɡer/

Verb

leger

  1. to read

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

lēger

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēgō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

leger m

  1. indefinite plural of lege

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian leger, Old Saxon legar, Dutch leger ‘bed, camp, army’, Old High German legar (German Lager ‘camp’), Old Norse legr (Danish lejr, Swedish läger ‘bed’), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐍂𐍃. The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos), Latin lectus ‘bed’, Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Slavic *ležati (Russian лежать).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlejer/

Noun

leġer n

  1. the state or action of lying, lying down, or lying ill
    On ðam sixtan dæge his legeres: on the sixth day of his illness.
  2. resting-place; couch, bed
  3. death-bed, grave
    On gehalgodan legere licgan: to be buried in a consecrated grave.

Declension

Descendants

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

leger

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) to read
Conjugation
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Adjective

leger m (feminine singular legra, masculine plural legers, feminine plural legras)

  1. (Sursilvan) merry, happy
Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) legher
Synonyms
  • allegher

Swedish

Adjective

leger (comparative legerare, superlative legerast)

  1. Alternative form of legär

Inflection

Inflection of leger
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular leger legerare legerast
Neuter singular legert legerare legerast
Plural legera legerare legerast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 legere legerare legeraste
All legera legerare legeraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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