lez
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lez"
Translingual
Symbol
lez
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)
- (slang, sometimes vulgar) Lesbian.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fuller and dialectal lemzë, diminutive in -zë ~ 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)
- facial mole
- (medicine) wart
- Synonym: lyth
- (medicine) tumor
- (dialectal) mark, spot, pimple, birthmark
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lez | lezi | lezë | lezët |
accusative | lezin | |||
dative | lezi | lezit | lezëve | lezëve |
ablative | lezësh |
References
- ^ 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
- 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
- (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
- “lez”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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)
Etymology 2
From Latin lex, legem (“law”).
Alternative forms
- lesg (Milanese classical orthography)
Pronunciation
Noun
lez f (invariable)
- alternative form of lege (“law”)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
lez oblique singular, m (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lez)