lévite
French
Noun
lévite f (plural lévites)
- Levite (a loose man's garment)
- 1845, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, page 141:
- — Et vêtu, demanda vivement Villefort, vêtu de quelle façon ?
— D’une grande lévite bleue boutonnée du haut en bas ; décoré de la Légion d’honneur.- — "And clothed," Villefort asked vivaciously, "clothed in what manner?"
— "In a large, blue Levite buttoned from top-to-bottom, decorated with the Légion d'honneur."
- — "And clothed," Villefort asked vivaciously, "clothed in what manner?"
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Verb
lévite
Further reading
- “lévite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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