lies

See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

lies

  1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lie

Adjective

lies

  1. (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
    That kebab was lies!

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural lieste)

  1. the groin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liesche, from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lis/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lies
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Homophones: lease, Lies

Noun

lies f (plural liezen)

  1. the groin, between the pubis and the thighs

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

lies f

  1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lier

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German

Alternative forms

  • l. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liːs]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: ließ
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

lies

  1. imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

līēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Noun

lies f

  1. (widespread) list

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲiɛs]

Verb

liẽs

  1. third-person singular/plural future of liesti

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

lies

  1. (Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of liesen
  2. second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li͜yːs/

Verb

līes

  1. singular imperative of līesan

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

  1. oblique plural of lie
  2. nominative plural of lie

Portuguese

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of liar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m inan (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

  1. obsolete spelling of lijes

Spanish

Verb

lies

  1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of liar

Swedish

Noun

lies

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lie

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