Hawaiian

Proper noun

Lei

1. A female given name and nickname.
2. A male given name and nickname.

Related terms

• Kalei
• Kuʻulei

References

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lei occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.

Italian

Etymology

see lei

Pronoun

Lei (plural Loro)

1. you (polite, formal)

See also

• tu

Anagrams

• eli

Slovak

Noun

Lei

1. dative of Lea
2. locative of Lea

English

Noun

lei ‎(plural leis)

1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.

Translations

See also

• Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Romanian lei

Noun

lei

1. plural of leu

Anagrams

• Eli, ile, lie, LIE

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• IPA^(key): /lɛi/

Etymology 1

Noun

lei f ‎(plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

1. (uncountable) slate (material)
2. (countable) slate (object)

Derived terms

• leien
• leisteen
• met een schone lei herbeginnen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch leide, with a change gi > i similar to that seen in brein.

Verb

lei

1. (archaic) singular imperative of leggen

Anagrams

• iel

Finnish

Noun

lei

1. A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
2. (nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).

Declension

Synonyms

• (unit of currency): leu

See also

• kukkaseppele

Anagrams

• eli, lie

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lei/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Noun

lei f ‎(plural leis)

1. law (clarification of this Galician definition is being sought)
2. religion, credence, worship of a god

Etymology 2

Noun

lei m pl

1. plural of leu

Hawaiian

Noun

lei (ka)

1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
2. necklace
3. ( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

Verb

lei

1. to leap

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *illei or *illaei, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Classical Latin illī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form *illei is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin *illūi, whence also lui.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛːi]

Pronoun

lei f ‎(plural loro, masculine lui)

1. she
2. her, herself

lei m ‎(plural loro)

1. (normally capitalised as Lei) you (form of courtesy)

Synonyms

• ella
• essa

Related terms

• colei
• dare del lei

References

1. ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, pages page 130

Anagrams

• eli

Lojban

Cmavo

lei

1. short for «lu'o le»; the mass composed of

Usage notes

• A sumti phrase begun with lei ends with the elidable terminator ku unless no ambiguity results (in which case the terminator may be elided).

Rafsi

lei

1. rafsi of klesi.

See also

• lai
• loi

Mandarin

Romanization

lei (Zhuyin ㄌㄟ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 嘞

Romanization

lei

1. Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of léi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of lèi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Northern Sami

Verb

lei

1. third-person singular past indicative of leat

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læɪ̯/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

lei (masculine lei; feminine lei; neuter leit; plural leie; comparative leiere; superlative leiest)

1. uncomfortable, bothersome
2. boring, tired
3. sad, unfortunate

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leið.

Noun

lei f, m ‎(definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

1. direction
2. distance

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• (of lide) led

Verb

lei

1. simple past of lide
2. imperative of leie

References

• “lei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• lai
• loi
• leye
• laye

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lei f ‎(oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)

1. a law

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ley (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlej/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɐj/, /ˈlej/
• Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

1. law
   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1th canto:

     E aqueles, que por obras valerosas / Se vão da lei da morte libertando.

     And those who by valourous deeds free themselves from the law of Death.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lej/

Noun

lei m pl

1. plural of leu

Sardinian

Etymology

From Borrowing from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lei

1. (Campidanese) law

Scots

Verb

lei ‎(third-person singular present leis, present participle leiin, past leid, past participle leid)

1. (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.

Spanish

Noun

lei m pl

1. plural of leu