lieu

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See also: Lieu, Liễu, liệu, and Liệu

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /l(j)uː/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophone: loo (in some accents)

Noun[edit]

lieu (uncountable)

  1. A place or stead.

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Translations[edit]

in lieu, in lieu of — see in lieu,‎ in lieu of

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

Noun[edit]

lieu m (plural lieux)

  1. place
    Synonyms: endroit, place
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Descendants[edit]
  • → English: lieu

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.

Noun[edit]

lieu m (plural lieus)

  1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family
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Further reading[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French leu.

Noun[edit]

lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)

  1. place

Descendants[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.

Noun[edit]

lieu m (plural lieus)

  1. (Jersey) whiting (fish)

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin locus.

Noun[edit]

lieu m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun) place
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