Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan or Old French leial, from Latin legālis, whence also the doublet legale.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leˈa.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: le‧à‧le

Adjective

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leale (plural leali)

  1. loyal, faithful
  2. honest

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • leale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana