lei

See also: Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, and lèi

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: lā, IPA^(key): /leɪ/
• 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

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Campidanese Sardinian

Etymology

From Spanish ley, Latin lex.

Noun

lei

1. law

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• IPA^(key): /lɛi/

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Etymology 1

Noun

lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

1. (uncountable) slate (material)
2. (countable) slate (object)

Derived terms

• leien
• leisteen
• met een schone lei herbeginnen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch leide, with a change gi > i similar to that seen in brein.

Verb

lei

1. (archaic) singular imperative of leggen

Anagrams

• iel

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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 (Kotus type 18/maa)

	singular	plural
nominative	lei	leit
genitive	lein	leiden leitten
partitive	leitä	leitä
accusative	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

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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

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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, whence also lui.

Pronunciation

• [lɛːi]

Pronoun

lei (plural loro) f

1. she
2. her, herself

lei (plural loro) m, f

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

Synonyms

• ella
• essa

Related terms

• colei

Anagrams

• eli

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Lojban

Cmavo

lei

1. short for «lu'o le»; the 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 may be elided).

See also

• lai
• loi

Rafsi

lei

1. rafsi of klesi.

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Mandarin

Romanization

lei (form of lei0 or lei5)

1. Pinyin reading of 嘞

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læɪ̯/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

lei (masculine lei; feminine lei; neuter leit; plural leie; comparative leiere; superlative leiest)

1. uncomfortable, bothersome
2. boring, tired
3. sad, unfortunate

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leið.

Noun

lei f, m (definite singular leia/leien; indefinite plural leier; definite plural leiene)

1. direction
2. distance

References

• “lei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• lai
• loi
• leye
• laye

Etymology

Latin lex

Noun

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

1. a law

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪ̯/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj/

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lei, ley, lee, from Latin lex, legis.

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

1. law

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lej/

Noun

lei m pl

1. plural form of leu

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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.