lege

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈlɛdʒ.ə/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation for legislature.

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) legislature

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.

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Etymology 3

Abbreviation for legend.

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (Hiberno-English, slang) Legend, colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

Anagrams

• glee

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lajə/, [ˈlɑjə], [ˈlɑːɪ]

Verb

lege (imperative leg, infinitive at lege, present tense leger, past tense legede, past participle har leget)

1. play
2. spawn

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Derived terms

Derived terms

legebarn legebord legehus legekammerat legeland legemulighed legeområde legeonkel legeplads legeredskab legerum

legesager legestue legesyg legetante legetek legetid legeting legetøj legevogn legeværelse legeværk

Etymology 2

See leg.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lajə/, [ˈlɑjə], [ˈlɑːɪ]

Noun

lege c

1. plural indefinite of leg

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːɣə

Verb

lege

1. singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

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German

Verb

lege

1. First-person singular present of legen.
2. Imperative singular of legen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of legen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of legen.

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Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈle.ɡe/

Verb

lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Noun

lēge

1. ablative singular of lēx

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen; indefinite plural leger; definite plural legene)

1. doctor

Synonyms

• doktor

Verb

lege (present tense leger; past tense and past participle lega or leget)

1. heal

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen; indefinite plural legar; definite plural legane)

1. doctor

Synonyms

• doktor

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lēx, legem.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈled͡ʒe/

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

1. law
2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

Declension

declension of lege

	singular		plural
gender f	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	o lege	legea	niște legi	legile
genitive/dative	unei legi	legii	unor legi	legilor

Synonyms

• (2) religie, credință

Verb

lege

1. third-person singular subjunctive form of lega.
2. third-person plural subjunctive form of lega.