ligue
See also: ligué
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ligue f (plural ligues)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
ligue
- inflection of liguer:
Further reading edit
- “ligue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Verb edit
ligue
- inflection of ligar:
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
ligue
- inflection of ligar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ligue m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) cruising (a concerted effort to find sex) or gay sex
- (colloquial) fling, pickup, hookup (action and person)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ligue
- inflection of ligar:
Further reading edit
- “ligue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014