lleuger

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan leuger, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius +‎ -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Occitan leugièr, French léger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎəwˈʒe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ʎewˈd͡ʒeɾ], [ʎawˈd͡ʒeɾ]

Adjective

lleuger (feminine lleugera, masculine plural lleugers, feminine plural lleugeres)

1. slight; partial; not whole; not entire
2. light (not heavy, not having much weight)
3. quiet

Derived terms

• alleugerir / alleugerar
• lleugerament
• lleugeresa

Related terms

• lleu

References

• “lleuger” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “lleuger” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.