legere

See also: Legere and légère

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

legere

1. Inflected form of leger, the comparative of leeg

Verb

legere

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of legeren

Anagrams

• gelere, legeer, regele

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

legere

1. inflection of leger:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈɡeː.re/, [ɫ̪ɛˈɡeːrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒe.re/, [leˈd͡ʒɛːre]

Verb

legēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of legō

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leːˈɡeː.re/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡeːrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒe.re/, [leˈd͡ʒɛːre]

Verb

lēgēre

1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of legō
2. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of lēgō

Pronunciation 3

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡe.re/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡɛrɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe.re/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒere]

Verb

legere

1. inflection of legō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ligāre, ligō, compare with German legieren.

Verb

legere (imperative leger, present tense legerer, passive legeres, simple past legerte, past participle legert, present participle legerende)

1. to alloy (metals etc.)
2. to thicken by blending egg yolks, cream, butter etc. into sauces and soups

Derived terms

• legering

References

• “legere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• legera

Etymology

From Latin ligāre, ligō, compare with German legieren.

Verb

legere (present tense legerer, past tense legerte, past participle legert, passive infinitive legerast, present participle legerande, imperative leger)

1. to alloy (metals etc.)
2. to thicken by blending egg yolks, cream, butter etc. into sauces and soups

Derived terms

• legering

References

• “legere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡe.re/, [ˈleː.ɣe.re]

Noun

lēgere m (Anglian)

1. Alternative form of lēogere

Romanian

Etymology

From lege +‎ -re.

Noun

legere f (uncountable)

1. (dated) reading

Declension

declension of legere (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) legere	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative

References

• legere in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN