levier

From levy +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

levier (plural leviers)

1. One who levies.

• eviler, liever, relive, revile, veiler

From lever +‎ -ier.

• IPA^(key): /lə.vje/

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levier m (plural leviers)

1. lever
   • 1846, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, sourced from [1]:

     Je m’en suis fait quelques-uns. Excepté une lime, j’ai tout ce qu’il me faut, ciseau, pince, levier.

     I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,--a chisel, pincers, and lever.

   • 1885, Émile Zola, Germinal, sourced from [2]:

     Maheu fit sauter des coussinets de fonte, armé de sa barre de fer, dont il se servait comme d'un levier.

     Maheu made the metal chairs leap up, armed with his iron bar which he used as a lever.

• → Greek: λεβιέ (levié)
• → Romanian: levier
• → Turkish: levye

• “levier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• lièvre
• livrée, réveil

Borrowed from French levier.

levier n (plural leviere)

1. lever