lei

• enPR: lā, IPA^(key): /leɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: lay, ley

From Hawaiian lei

lei (plural leis)

1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.

• haku lei

• Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Romanian lei

lei

1. plural of leu

• %ile, -ile, Eli, Ile, LIE, Lie, ile, lie

• (Morvan) leu

From Latin locus.

lei m (plural leis)

1. place

• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• IPA^(key): /lɛi/

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lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

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

• leien
• leisteen
• met een schone lei herbeginnen

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

lei

1. (archaic) singular imperative of leggen

• iel

lei

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

• (unit of currency): leu

• kukkaseppele

• eli, lie

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

lei (past participle let)

1. to read

• letôr
• leture
• lezion

• IPA^(key): /lei/

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

lei f (plural leis)

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

• leal

lei m pl

1. plural of leu

lei (ka)

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

lei

1. to leap

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] The formal address Lei appears in the 16th century in connection with Signoria (“Lordship”), Eccellenza (“Excellency”), Santità (“Holiness”) and Magnificenza[2], replacing the earlier Voi.

• IPA^(key): [lɛːi]

lei f (plural loro, masculine lui)

1. she
2. her
3. it
   • 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:

     La pioggia cadde, e a’ foſſati venne / Di lei ciò che la terra non ſofferſe

     The rain fell and into the channels ran / Whatever of it was not absorbed by the ground

   • ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 228:

     […] videro il drappo, et in quello la testa, non ancor sì consumata, che essi alla capellatura crespa non conoscessero lei esser quella di Lorenzo.

     […] they saw the cloth and the head wrapped inside it, which was not yet sufficiently decomposed that they could not help but identify it, from the curly hair, as being Lorenzo’s.

   • ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 512:

     […] Filomena in ciò che dell’amistà dice, racconta il vero, e con ragione nel fine delle sue parole si dolse lei oggi così poco da’ mortali esser gradita.

     […] Philomena is in the right as to what she has said upon friendship; and it was with reason she complained, last of all, of its being in such little esteem with mankind […]

   • 1984, Stefano Benni, Stranalandia, Feltrinelli (2015), page 76:

     La banana di Stranalandia è alla base dell’economia dell’isola. Senza di lei la vita qui sarebbe molto dura.

     The banana of Strangeland forms the basis of the island’s economy. Without it, life here would be very tough.

• ella
• essa

• colei

lei m (plural loro)

1. (formal) you

   Synonym: voi (uncommon)

• a lei
• dare del lei

• Lei

• dare del lei

• eli

• IPA^(key): /lɑɪ̯/

lei

1. second-person singular imperative of leien

lei (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄟ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 嘞

lei

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

• 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.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈlej/

lei

1. third-person singular past indicative of leat

• IPA^(key): /læɪ̯/

From Old Norse leiðr.

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)

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

From Old Norse leið.

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

1. direction
2. distance

• (of lide) led

lei

1. simple past of lide
2. imperative of leie

• “lei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /læɪ/

From Old Norse leið.

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

1. (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
2. direction

From Old Norse leiðr.

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)

1. tired, fed up, bored
2. awkward, uncomfortable

lei seg

1. sad

lei

1. imperative of leie

• “lei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• lai
• loi
• leye
• laye

From Latin lex, legem.

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

1. a law

• leal

• Middle French: loy
  • French: loi
    • ⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa
• Norman: louai

• ley (obsolete)

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.

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

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.

• leal
• legal
• legítimo
• lídimo

• IPA^(key): /lej/

lei m pl

1. plural of leu

Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.

lei

1. (Campidanese) law

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

1. (South Scots) Alternative form of lee.

lei m pl

1. plural of leu