See also: Levier

English edit

Etymology edit

levy +‎ -er (agent suffix)

Noun edit

levier (plural leviers)

  1. One who levies.

Anagrams edit

French edit

Etymology edit

From lever +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /lə.vje/
  • (file)

Noun edit

levier m (plural leviers)

  1. lever
    • 1846, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, sourced from [1]:
      Je m’en suis fait quelques-uns. Excepté une lime, j’ai tout ce qu’il me faut, ciseau, pince, levier.
      I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,--a chisel, pincers, and lever.
    • 1885, Émile Zola, Germinal, sourced from [2]:
      Maheu fit sauter des coussinets de fonte, armé de sa barre de fer, dont il se servait comme d’un levier.
      Maheu made the metal chairs leap up, armed with his iron bar which he used as a lever.

Descendants edit

  • Romanian: levier
  • Turkish: levye

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French levier.

Noun edit

levier n (plural leviere)

  1. lever

Declension edit