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lie.

lees, dregs (of wine, of society)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. lees, dregs (of wine, of society)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French lie, from Early Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

verb

  1. inflection of lier: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of lier: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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