lez

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lez"

Translingual

Symbol

lez

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lezgi.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Lezgi terms

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of lesbian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛz/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

lez (plural lezzes)

  1. (slang, sometimes vulgar) Lesbian.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fuller and dialectal lemzë, diminutive in - ~ ëz of dialectal lem (birth; rise), deverbative of lej (to give birth); the original meaning would have been ‘birthmark’.[1]

Noun

lez m (plural lezë, definite lezi, definite plural lezët)

  1. facial mole
  2. (medicine) wart
    Synonym: lyth
  3. (medicine) tumor
    Synonyms: tumor, iriq
  4. (dialectal) mark, spot, pimple, birthmark
    Synonyms: nishan, shenjë

Declension

Declension of lez
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lez lezi lezë lezët
accusative lezin
dative lezi lezit lezëve lezëve
ablative lezësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • lez”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 243

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛs]
  • Homophone: les
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

lez

  1. second-person singular imperative of lézt

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lez, from Late Latin latus (next to, beside), from Latin lātus (side).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le/, /lɛ/
  • Audio:(file)

Preposition

lez

  1. (obsolete) next to, near (still used in some place names)
    Saint-André-lez-Lille est une ville proche de Lille.
    Saint-André-lez-Lille is a town near Lille.

Derived terms

Further reading

Lombard

Etymology 1

From Latin legit, third-person singular present active indicative of legō.

Alternative forms

  • legg, lesg, lensg (Milanese classical orthography)
  • lez (Brescian classical orthography)
  • lès, les (Eastern modern orthographies)

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Western) IPA(key): /ˈle(ŋ)dʒ/, [lɛ(ŋ)tʃ], [lɛ(t)ʃ]
  • (Modern Eastern) IPA(key): /lez/, [lɛs]
  • (Northern, Camunian) IPA(key): /lez/, [lɛʰ]

Verb

lez (first-person singular present indicative lezi, infinitive lèzer, past participle lezud)

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lèzer
  2. third-person plural present indicative of lèzer

Etymology 2

From Latin lex, legem (law).

Alternative forms

  • lesg (Milanese classical orthography)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Western) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/, [leːʃ]
  • (Classical Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/, [les]

Noun

lez f (invariable)

  1. alternative form of lege (law)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin lātus.

Noun

lez oblique singularm (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lez)

  1. side

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: lès, lez
  • English: le