lies

See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

Alternative forms

• lyes (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

lies

1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lie

Adjective

lies

1. (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful

   That kebab was lies!

Anagrams

• %iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, leis, sile, slie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural lieste)

1. the groin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liesche. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/

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• Hyphenation: lies
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophones: lease, Lies

Noun

lies f (plural liezen)

1. loins, region near the groin

Derived terms

• liesbreuk

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

lies f

1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lier

Anagrams

• élis, îles, isle, Lise, lise, sile, silé

German

Alternative forms

• l. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liːs]

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• Homophone: ließ
• Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

lies

1. imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

līēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Liist (Eupen)

Noun

lies f

1. (widespread) list

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

lies

1. (Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular present indicative of liesen
2. second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

1. oblique plural of lie
2. nominative plural of lie

Portuguese

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of liar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

1. Obsolete spelling of lijes

Spanish

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of liar

Swedish

Noun

lies

1. indefinite genitive singular of lie

Anagrams

• Elis