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laie.

female boar; wild sow

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɛ/
  1. female boar; wild sow

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Frankish *lêhader. Middle French laie French laie Inherited from Middle French laie, from Frankish *lêha.

noun/lɛ/
  1. woodway

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from layer.

noun/lɛ/
  1. box

    feminine · obsolete
  2. in an organ, the airtight wooden box beneath the pipes that holds the wind before it is distributed by the valves

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Middle Dutch lādebor. Middle French laie French laie Inherited from Middle French laie, from Middle Dutch lāde (“box”), from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō. Compare Afrikaans laai.

verb/lɛ/
  1. inflection of layer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of layer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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