Lei
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Chinese 雷 (léi).
Proper noun edit
Lei (plural Leis)
- A surname from Chinese.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lei is the 4726th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7504 individuals. Lei is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (94.23%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lei”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 417.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German leie, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language. Cognate with Luxembourgish Lee, Dutch lei.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lei f (genitive Lei, plural Leien)
- (now chiefly in placenames) a rock of slate, mostly in the Rhenish Massif
- (obsolete) Synonym of Schiefer (“slate”)
Derived terms edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
lei (“wreath; child”). Also a short form of numerous compound names containing the word lei.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Lei
- a female given name from Hawaiian and nickname
- a male given name from Hawaiian and nickname
Related terms edit
References edit
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lei occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.
Italian edit
Pronoun edit
Lei (plural voi)
- (formal, polite) Alternative letter-case form of lei (“you”)
See also edit
Italian personal pronouns
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Conjunctive | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
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Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). |
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Proper noun edit
Lei