Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 62229 6697686 2009-05-31T12:45:01Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations {{also|liège|Liège}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{rhymes|iːdʒ}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A free and independent person; specifically, a [[lord paramount]]; a [[sovereign]]. # The [[subject]] of a sovereign or lord; a [[liegeman]]. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|A free and independent person; a lord paramount; a sovereign}} * Finnish: [[lääninherra]] * German: [[Lehnsherr]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|властелин|m|tr=vlástelin|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|феудалец|m|tr=feudálec|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|mk|земјопоседник|m|tr=zemjopósednik|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman}} * Finnish: [[vasalli]] * German: [[Gefolgsmann]] {{m}}; [[Vasall]] {{m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|вазал|m|tr=vázal|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|-}} # Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. # Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject. # Full; perfect; complete; pure. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance}} * French: [[lige]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|властелински|m|tr=vlastélinski|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|Serving an independent sovereign or master}} * French: [[lige]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|вазален|m|tr=vázalen|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Related terms=== * [[liege lord]] * [[liegeman]] [[io:liege]] [[te:liege]] [[vi:liege]] [[zh:liege]]