lieu
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Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).
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lieu (uncountable)
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Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).
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lieu m (plural lieux)
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- → English: lieu
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.
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lieu m (plural lieus)
- any of several fish from the Pollachius family
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Further reading edit
- “lieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French leu.
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lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)
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- French: lieu
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Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.
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lieu m (plural lieus)
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lieu m