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lei.

slate (material)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/lɛi̯/
  1. slate (material)

    feminine · uncountable
  2. slate (object)

    countable · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).

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