lei

See also: Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, Lěi, lèi, and leí

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lā, IPA(key): /leɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: lay, ley

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian lei

Noun

lei (plural leis)

  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

From Romanian lei

Noun

lei

  1. plural of leu

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯
  • IPA(key): /lɛi/
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Etymology 1

Noun

lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

  1. (uncountable) slate (material)
  2. (countable) slate (object)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch leide, with a change gi > i similar to that seen in brein.

Verb

lei

  1. (archaic) singular imperative of leggen

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

lei

  1. A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
  2. (nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).

Declension

Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative lei leit
genitive lein leiden
leitten
partitive leitä leitä
illative leihin leihin
singular plural
nominative lei leit
accusative nom. lei leit
gen. lein
genitive lein leiden
leitten
partitive leitä leitä
inessive leissä leissä
elative leistä leistä
illative leihin leihin
adessive leillä leillä
ablative leiltä leiltä
allative leille leille
essive leinä leinä
translative leiksi leiksi
instructive — lein
abessive leittä leittä
comitative — leineen

Synonyms

  • (unit of currency): leu

See also

  • kukkaseppele

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb

lei (past participle let)

  1. to read

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lei/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

  1. law (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. religion, credence, worship of a god

Etymology 2

Noun

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Hawaiian

Noun

lei (ka)

  1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
  2. necklace
  3. ( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

Verb

lei

  1. to leap

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illei or *illaei, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Classical Latin illī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form *illei is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin *illūi, whence also lui.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lɛːi]

Pronoun

lei f (plural loro, masculine lui)

  1. she
  2. her, herself

lei m (plural loro)

  1. (normally capitalised as Lei) you (form of courtesy)

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, pages page 130

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯/

Verb

lei

  1. second-person singular imperative of leien

Mandarin

Romanization

lei (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄟ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 嘞

lei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of léi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lèi.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlej/

Verb

lei

  1. third-person singular past indicative of leat

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læɪ̯/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)

  1. uncomfortable, bothersome
  2. bored, tired
  3. sad, unfortunate

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leið.

Noun

lei f, m (definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. direction
  2. distance

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Verb

lei

  1. simple past of lide
  2. imperative of leie

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læɪ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leið.

Noun

lei f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
  2. direction

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)

  1. tired, fed up, bored
  2. awkward, uncomfortable

lei seg

  1. sad

Etymology 3

Verb

lei

  1. imperative of leie

References

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lei f (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)

  1. a law

Descendants

  • Middle French: loy

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlej/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɐj/, /ˈlej/
  • Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

  1. law

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lej/

Noun

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Sardinian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lei

  1. (Campidanese) law

Scots

Verb

lei (third-person singular present leis, present participle leiin, past leid, past participle leid)

  1. (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.

Spanish

Noun

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu
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