lei

See also Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, and lèi

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: lā, IPA: /leɪ/, SAMPA: /leI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: lay, ley

Etymology 1

Hawaiian lei

Noun

lei (plural leis)

1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.

Translations

garland of flowers in Hawaii

Finnish: lei (fi)

Hawaiian: lei

See also

• Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Lei (Hawaii)

Etymology 2

Romanian lei

Noun

lei

1. Plural form of leu.

Anagrams

• Eli, ile, lie, LIE

---

Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• lai
• loi
• leye
• laye

Etymology

Latin lex

Noun

lei f. (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)

1. a law

---

Campidanese Sardinian

Etymology

From Spanish ley, Latin lex.

Noun

lei

1. law

---

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• (Netherlands) IPA: /lɛɪ/
• (Belgium) IPA: /lɛː/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

lei n. (uncountable)

1. slate (material)

lei f. (plural leien, diminutive leitje)

1. slate (object)

Derived terms

• leien
• leisteen
• met een schone lei herbeginnen

Verb

lei

1. (archaic) First-person singular simple past of leggen
2. (archaic) Second-person singular simple past of leggen
3. (archaic) Third-person singular simple past of leggen

Anagrams

• iel

---

Finnish

Noun

lei

1. A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
2. (nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).

Declension

Declension of lei (type maa) singular plural nominative lei leit genitive lein leiden leitten partitive leitä leitä accusative lei lein leit inessive leissä leissä elative leistä leistä illative leihin leihin adessive leillä leillä ablative leiltä leiltä allative leille leille essive leinä leinä translative leiksi leiksi instructive – lein abessive leittä leittä comitative – leineen

Synonyms

• (unit of currency): leu

See also

• kukkaseppele

Anagrams

• eli, lie

---

Hawaiian

Noun

lei (ka)

1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
2. necklace
3. ( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

Verb

lei

1. to leap

---

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illei or *illaei, which is a Vulgar Latin form of illī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form *illei is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin illūi (see lui).

Pronunciation

• [lɛːi]

Pronoun

lei (plural loro) f.

1. she
2. her, herself

lei (plural loro) m. and f.

1. (normally capitalised as Lei) you (form of courtesy)

Synonyms

• ella
• essa

Related terms

• colei

Anagrams

• eli

---

Lojban

Cmavo

lei

1. short for lu'o le; a mass composed of

Usage notes

• A sumti phrase begun with lei ends with the elidable terminator ku unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator is elided).

---

Mandarin

Romanization

lei (form of lei0 or lei5)

1. 嘞: final particle

Romanization

lei

1. Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of léi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lèi.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

---

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪ̯/

Etymology

From Latin lex, legis.

Noun

lei f. (plural leis)

1. law

---

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lej/

Noun

lei m. pl.

1. Plural form of leu.

---

Scots

Verb

tae lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past leid, past participle leid)

1. (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.