lieu
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlieu (uncountable)
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).
Noun
editlieu m (plural lieux)
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editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: lieu
Etymology 2
editInherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.
Noun
editlieu m (plural lieus)
- any of several fish from the Pollachius family
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Further reading
edit- “lieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French leu.
Noun
editlieu m (plural lieux or lieus)
Descendants
edit- French: lieu
Norman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.
Noun
editlieu m (plural lieus)
Romansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editlieu m
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