leude

See also: Leude and leudé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lød/

Etymology 1

1569, from Late Latin leudēs (pl., “vassals or followers of the king”), from Frankish *liudi (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people, leod”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people; to grow up”). More at leod.

Noun

leude m (plural leudes)

1. vassal, leud

Etymology 2

Noun

leude f (plural leudes)

1. a tax or toll levied in Southern France

Further reading

• “leude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• élude, éludé

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

leude

1. Alternative form of lewed

Etymology 2

Noun

leude

1. Alternative form of lede (“people”)

Spanish

Verb

leude

1. inflection of leudar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative