leve
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Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
leve n
- cheers pl
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian Bokmål leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, English live)
Verb[edit]
leve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)
Related terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
Usage notes[edit]
Commonly used. Not archaic.
Anagrams[edit]
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- To rise
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛve
Noun[edit]
leve f
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leve
- nominative neuter singular of levis
- accusative neuter singular of levis
- vocative neuter singular of levis
References[edit]
- leve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle Dutch[edit]
Verb[edit]
lēve
- inflection of lēven:
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *leubh- (“to love”).
Noun[edit]
leve (plural leves)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English lēaf (“leaf”).
Noun[edit]
leve
- Alternative form of leef
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Swedish leva, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).
Verb[edit]
leve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde, past participle levd, present participle levende)
- to live
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “leve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve (present tense lever, past tense levde, past participle levt or levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)
- Alternative form of leva
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, levem, from Proto-Italic *leχwī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leve m, f (plural leves, comparable)
Inflection[edit]
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
| positive | leve | leve | leves | leves |
| comparative | mais leve | mais leve | mais leves | mais leves |
| superlative | o mais leve levíssimo |
a mais leve levíssima |
os mais leves levíssimos |
as mais leves levíssimas |
| augmentative | — | — | — | — |
| diminutive | — | — | — | — |
Synonyms[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of levar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of levar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of levar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of levar
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin levis, levem, probably a borrowing in this form, as it was often used primarily in learned or literary contexts[1]. However, the older form lieve, which it replaced, was inherited.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leve (plural leves) (superlative levísimo)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “leve” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- subjunctive of leva. Used to express one's wish that someone or something may live long, mostly at celebration ceremonies, primarily birthday celebrations.
- Han leve! = May he live (long)!
Usage notes[edit]
This is one of very few Swedish subjunctives that still has a use.
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- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
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- Dutch non-lemma forms
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- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
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- Italian non-lemma forms
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- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic
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- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
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