loi

See also: Loi, löi, lôi, loî, lỗi, lời, lo'i, LOI, and łoi

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loi/

Adjective

loi

1. good

References

• Template:cite. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Template:cite. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯/, [ˈlo̞i̯]
• Hyphenation: loi
• Rhymes: -oi

Verb

loi

1. (deprecated template usage) third-person singular past indicative of luoda

Anagrams

• ilo, oli

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French

Etymology

From Middle French loy, from Old French loi, lei, from Latin lēgem, accusative singular of lēx, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwa/

• audio

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• Homophones: lois, loua, louas, louât

Noun

loi f (plural lois)

1. law (legal code)

   la loi de la France – the law in France, French law

2. law (scientific principle)

   la loi de Boyle – Boyle's law

Derived terms

• loi de la jungle
• loi du plus fort
• sans foi ni loi

Related terms

• légal
• législatif
• législation
• légitime
• loyal

Descendants

• ⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa

See also

• juridique
• jury

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• lei (early Old French or northern dialects)

Etymology

From earlier lei, from Latin lēgem, accusative singular of lēx.

Noun

loi oblique singular, f (oblique plural lois, nominative singular loi, nominative plural lois)

1. law
2. rule; regulation
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De sainte Esglise:

     La loi que tu nous as aprise

     the law that you taught to us

Descendants

• Middle French: loy
  • French: loi
• Norman: louai
• Walloon: lwè