Liège

See also: liege, Liege, and liège

English

Alternative forms

• Liege

Etymology

From French Liège, q.v.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Liège

2. The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
4. A province of Wallonia, Belgium
6. An arrondissement of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Coordinate terms

provinces of Belgiumedit

• Antwerp
• East Flanders
• Flemish Brabant
• Hainaut
• Liège
• Limburg
• Luxembourg
• Namur
• Walloon Brabant
• West Flanders

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
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Luik n

• Galician: Liexa
• German: Lüttich (de) n

  Kölsch: Lück

• Greek: Λιέγη (Liégi)
• Hebrew: לייז׳
• Italian: Liegi f
• Japanese: リエージュ (Riēju)
• Korean: 리에주 (ko) (Rieju)
• Latin: Leodium, Leodicum, Legia
• Luxembourgish: Léck (lb)
• Marathi: ल्येझ (lyejh)
• 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

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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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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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

• Chinese:
  • → Mandarin: 列日 (Lièrì) (transliteration)
• → English: Liège
• → Polish: Liège
• → Portuguese: Lieja

See also

provinces of Belgium: provinces de Belgiqueedit

• Anvers
• Brabant flamand
• Brabant wallon
• Flandre-Occidentale
• Flandre-Orientale
• Hainaut
• Liège
• Limbourg
• Luxembourg
• Namur

Polish

Liège

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Liège.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljɛʂ/
• 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^[1] (in Polish)
• Liège in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Liège.

Pronunciation

 

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

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