Liège

See also: liege, Liege, and liège

English

Alternative forms

• Liege

Etymology

From French Liège, q.v.

Proper noun

Liège

1. A city in Belgium, a provincial capital in Wallonia.
2. A province of the region of Wallonia in Belgium, around the city.

Coordinate terms

• (provinces of Belgium) Antwerp, East Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant, West Flanders ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Belgium)}

Translations

Belgian city and province

• Arabic: لياج (Līaj), لِيِيج m (Liyej), لييج m (Līj),
• Bulgarian: Лие́ж m (Liéž)
• Catalan: Lieja (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列日 (zh) (Lièrì)

• Czech: Lutych (cs) m
• Dutch: Luik (nl) n
• Esperanto: Lieĝo
• French: Liège (fr) m
• Galician: Liexa
• German: Lüttich (de) n
• Greek:

  Modern: Λιέγη (Liégi)

• Hebrew: לייז'
• Italian: Liegi f
• Japanese: リエージュ (Riēju)
• Kölsch: Lück
• Korean: 리에주 (ko) (Rieju)
• Latin: Leodium, Leodicum, Legia
• Luxembourgish: Léck (lb)
• Old English: Lēodic
• Persian: لیژ (lyež)
• Picard: Lidje
• Polish: Liège (pl) n
• Portuguese: Liège f, Lieja f
• Russian: Льеж (ru) m (Lʹjež)
• Slovak: (city) Lutych m, (province) Lutyšsko n
• Spanish: Lieja (es) f
• Turkish: Liège
• Ukrainian: Льєж m (Lʹjež)
• Urdu: لیئج m (li'yej), لیئژ m (li'yež) (learned borrowing)
• Walloon: Lidje (wa)
• West Flemish: Luuk n
• West Frisian: Luik n

French

Alternative forms

• Liége (obsolete)

Etymology

Found in Medieval Latin as Leodium or Leodicum, probably ultimately of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɛʒ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛʒ

Proper noun

Liège m

1. Liège (a province of Belgium)

   Meronyms: Amay, Amel, Ans, Anthisnes, Aubel, Awans, Aywaille, Baelen, Bassenge, Berloz, Beyne-Heusay, Blegny, Braives, Büllingen, Burdinne, Burg-Reuland, Bütgenbach, Chaudfontaine, Clavier, Comblain-au-Pont, Crisnée, Dalhem, Dison, Donceel, Engis, Esneux, Eupen, Faimes, Ferrières, Fexhe-le-haut-Clocher, Flémalle, Fléron, Geer, Grâce-Hollogne, Hamoir, Hannut, Héron, Herstal, Herve, Huy, Jalhay, Juprelle, Kelmis, Liège, Lierneux, Limbourg, Lincent, Lontzen, Malmedy, Marchin, Modave, Nandrin, Neupré, Olne, Oreye, Ouffet, Oupeye, Pepinster, Plombières, Raeren, Remicourt, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Vith, Seraing, Soumagne, Spa, Sprimont, Stavelot, Stoumont, Theux, Thimister-Clermont, Tinlot, Trois-Ponts, Trooz, Verlaine, Verviers, Villers-le-Bouillet, Visé, Waimes, Wanze, Waremme, Wasseiges, Welkenraedt

2. Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Belgium)

   Meronyms: Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, Sclessin, Wandre

Derived terms

• liégeois
• Liégeois

Descendants

• → English: Liège
• → Polish: Liège
• → Portuguese: Liège

See also

• (provinces of Belgium) Provinces de Belgique; Anvers, Brabant flamand, Brabant wallon, Flandre-Occidentale, Flandre-Orientale, Hainaut, Liège, Limbourg, Luxembourg, Namur ^{(Category: fr:Provinces of Belgium)}

Polish

Liège

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Liège.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɛʂ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʂ
• Syllabification: Liège

Proper noun

Liège n (indeclinable)

1. Liège (a province of Belgium)
2. Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium)

Further reading

• Liège in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Liège in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Liège.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɛ.ʒi/ [lɪˈɛ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɛ.ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɛ.ʒi/ [lɪˈɛ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɛ.ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɛ.ʒe/ [lɪˈɛ.ʒe], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɛ.ʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈljɛ.ʒɨ/

Proper noun

Liège f

1. Liège (a province of Belgium)
2. Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Belgium)