Lei
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 雷 (léi).
Proper noun
Lei (plural Leis)
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lei is the 4726th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7504 individuals. Lei is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.23%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lei”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 417.
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German leie, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language. Cognate with Luxembourgish Lee, Dutch lei.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪ̯/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: leih
Noun
Lei f (genitive Lei, plural Leien)
- (now chiefly in placenames) a rock of slate, mostly in the Rhenish Massif
- (obsolete) synonym of Schiefer (“slate”)
Derived terms
- Erpeler Ley
- Loreley
- von der Leyen
Hawaiian
Etymology
lei (“wreath; child”). Also a short form of numerous compound names containing the word lei.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlei̯/, [ˈlɛj]
Proper noun
Lei
- a female or male given name from Hawaiian, also a nickname
Related terms
References
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lei occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.
Italian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
Lei
- (formal, polite) alternative letter-case form of lei (“you”)
See also
Italian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
| second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
| third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
| second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
| third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
| 2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
| 3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
| 4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | |||||||||
References
- ^ lei in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lei