ler

See also: LER, lèr, lêr, and -ler

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːr/, [leːˀɐ̯], [leɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leir.

Noun

ler n (singular definite leret, not used in plural form)

1. clay

See also

• ler on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See le (“to laugh”).

Verb

ler

1. (deprecated template usage) present of le

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb

1. to read

Related terms

• reler
• trasler

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Mirandese

Alternative forms

• lher

Etymology

From Latin legere.

Verb

ler

1. to read

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ler

1. (deprecated template usage) present of le

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ler

1. (deprecated template usage) present of le

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Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lez (likely a misspelling)

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from Proto-Celtic *liros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɾ/

Noun

ler m

1. sea, beach, shore
   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Nuno Fernandes Torneol, B 645: Vi eu mia madr'andar (facsimile)

     Foy eu madre veer / As barcas eno lez (sic) / E moirome damor

     I went, mother, to see / the boats at the shore, / and I'm dying of love.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with leer (“to read”).

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (“I read”), from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈle(ʁ)/

Verb

1. to read (to look at and interpret written information)
2. to read (to speak aloud written information)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ler.

Derived terms

• reler

Related terms

• atril
• leitor
• leitoril
• leitura
• lição

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Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

ler

1. (Puter) to read

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) liger

Etymology 2

Verb

ler

1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vuler

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German leer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːr/
• Hyphenation: ler

Noun

lȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑р)

1. (regional, automotive) neutral

Declension

Declension of ler

	singular	plural
nominative	ler	leri
genitive	lera	lera
dative	leru	lerima
accusative	ler	lere
vocative	lere	leri
locative	leru	lerima
instrumental	lerom	lerima

References

• “ler” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Noun

ler c

1. clay; Contraction of lera., in the expression ler och långhalm

Verb

ler

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of le.

Anagrams

• elr