levier

See also: Levier

English

Etymology

From levy + -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

levier (plural leviers)

1. One who levies.

Anagrams

• eviler, liever, relive, revile, veiler

French

Etymology

From lever +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.vje/

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Noun

levier m (plural leviers)

1. lever

   bras de levier ― lever arm

   • 1846, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, sourced from [1]:

     Je m’en suis fait quelques-uns. Excepté une lime, j’ai tout ce qu’il me faut, ciseau, pince, levier.

     I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,--a chisel, pincers, and lever.

   • 1885, Émile Zola, Germinal, sourced from [2]:

     Maheu fit sauter des coussinets de fonte, armé de sa barre de fer, dont il se servait comme d'un levier.

     Maheu made the metal chairs leap up, armed with his iron bar which he used as a lever.

Descendants

• → Greek: λεβιέ (levié)
• → Romanian: levier
• → Turkish: levye

Further reading

• “levier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• lièvre
• livrée, réveil

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French levier.

Noun

levier n (plural leviere)

1. lever

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	levier	levierul	leviere	levierele
genitive-dative	levier	levierului	leviere	levierelor
vocative	levierule		levierelor