lei

See also: Lei, lēi, léi, lěi, lèi, and leí

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

Inflection of lei (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		lei	leit
accusative	nom.?	lei	leit
	gen.	lein
genitive		lein	leiden leitten
partitive		leitä	leitä
inessive		leissä	leissä
elative		leistä	leistä
illative		leihin	leihin
adessive		leillä	leillä
ablative		leiltä	leiltä
allative		leilleˣ	leilleˣ
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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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lei/

Etymology 1

From Latin lēx, legis.

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

1. law (clarification of this Galician definition is being sought)
2. religion, credence, worship of a god

Etymology 2

Noun

lei m pl

1. plural form of leu

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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
• dare del lei

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 (Zhuyin ㄌㄟ˙)

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 or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

1. direction
2. distance

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• (of lide) led

Verb

lei

1. simple past of lide
2. imperative of leie

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

Alternative forms

• ley (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-.

Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj/, /ˈlej/
• Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

1. law
   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1th canto:

     E aqueles, que por obras valerosas / Se vão da lei da morte libertando.

     And those who by valourous deeds free themselves from the law of Death.

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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.

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Spanish

Noun

lei m pl

1. plural form of leu