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lieu.

place

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ljø/[ljø]Louisiana
  1. place

    masculine
  2. locus (set of all points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions)

    masculine
  3. outhouse, toilet

    Louisiana · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited 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/ljø/[ljø]Louisiana
  1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.

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