levée

See also: levee and lévée

English

Noun

levée (plural levées)

1. Uncommon spelling of levee.
   • 1877, John Stevens Cabot Abbott, chapter XXIV, in The History of the Civil War in America‎^[1], volume 2, Springfield: C. A. Nichols & Co., page 290:

     At this place the levée ran along about one hundred and fifty yards back from the ordinary bank of the river, thus leaving when the water was low, a smooth green lawn, beautifully adapted for an encampment, with the levée or dike, eight feet high and fifteen feet wide, protecting from attack on the land side. Breastworks were thrown up from the levée to the river, above and below the encampment. Back of the levée there was a fine plantation.

   • 2003, Francine Hughes, editor, The Flooded Forest: Guidance for Policy Makers and River Managers in Europe on the Restoration of Floodplain Forests‎^[2], page 9:

     During a flood, the areas adjacent to the channel tend to receive deposits of the coarsest sediments carried by the water. These areas build up and are called levées. Some of the best tree growth is found on these higher areas because they are well-drained.

Anagrams

• eleve, leeve

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.ve/

• Audio:

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Noun

levée f (plural levées)

1. removal (act of removing or taking off)
2. levee (geographical feature)
3. (card games) trick
4. arising, a ceremony in which the King or Queen of France arose from bed and prepared for the day

Derived terms

• levée d’écrou
• levée de boucliers

Participle

levée f sg

1. feminine singular of levé

Further reading

• “levée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• élevé, élève