ligue

See also: ligué

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liɡ/

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Noun

ligue f (plural ligues)

1. league

Derived terms

• coupe de la ligue
• ligue hanséatique

Verb

ligue

1. inflection of liguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

ligue

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

ligue

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliɡe/ [ˈli.ɣ̞e]
• Rhymes: -iɡe
• Syllabification: li‧gue

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ligar.

Noun

ligue m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) cruising (a concerted effort to find sex) or gay sex
2. (colloquial) fling, pickup, hookup (action and person)

Etymology 2

Verb

ligue

1. inflection of ligar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ligue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014