lierre

French

Etymology

From Old French liere, formed by agglutination of the elided article l’ to iere, itself from Latin hedera, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -jɛʁ

Noun

lierre m (plural lierres)

1. ivy

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• irréel
• relier
• relire