lis

See also Lis, and LIS

Albanian

Etymology

From *lintˢto, from Proto-Indo-European *lenteh₂ (compare English linden, Lithuanian lentà ‘board’).[1] Related to lëndë ‘material, substance’. Alternatively from Serbo-Croatian lȉjes ‘forest, wood(s)’, from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sŭ.[2]

Noun

lis m (indefinite plural lisa, definite singular lisi)

  1. English oak (Quercus robur)

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Paul Friedrich, "Linden: *lenteh₂", in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 253.
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "lis" (Leiden: Brill, 1999), 229.

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Czech

Noun

lis m

  1. press, machine press

Related terms

  • lisovat

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French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m (plural lis)

  1. lily

Verb

lis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lire
  2. second-person singular present indicative of lire

Anagrams


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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French liste (list).

Noun

lis

  1. list

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Lojban

Rafsi

lis

  1. rafsi of lisri.

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lisъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

lis m (animate)

  1. fox

Declension

Derived terms

  • lisica (feminine form)
  • lisek (diminutive)
  • lisię
  • lisiątko
  • lisi
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