lez

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lez"

Translingual

Symbol

lez

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lezgi.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Lezgi terms

English

Alternative forms

• les

Etymology

Clipping of lesbian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛz/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

lez (plural lezzes)

1. (slang, sometimes vulgar) Lesbian.

Derived terms

• lez out
• lez up

 

Anagrams

• zel

Albanian

Alternative forms

• leze, lezë
• lemzë

Etymology

From fuller and dialectal lemzë, diminutive in -zë ~ ëz of dialectal lem (“birth; rise”), deverbative of lej (“to give birth”); the original meaning would have been ‘birthmark’.^[1]

Noun

lez m (plural lezë, definite lezi, definite plural lezët)

1. facial mole
2. (medicine) wart

   Synonym: lyth

3. (medicine) tumor

   Synonyms: tumor, iriq

4. (dialectal) mark, spot, pimple, birthmark

   Synonyms: nishan, shenjë

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lez”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

Further reading

• “lez”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
• “lez”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “lez”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 243

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛs]
• Homophone: les
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

lez

1. second-person singular imperative of lézt

French

Alternative forms

• lès

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lez, from Late Latin latus (“next to, beside”), from Latin lātus (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le/, /lɛ/

• Audio:

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Preposition

lez

1. (obsolete) next to, near (still used in some place names)

   Saint-André-lez-Lille est une ville proche de Lille.

   Saint-André-lez-Lille is a town near Lille.

Derived terms

• Sauxure lez Bulgnéville

Further reading

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

Lombard

Etymology 1

From Latin legit, third-person singular present active indicative of legō.

Alternative forms

• legg, lesg, lensg (Milanese classical orthography)
• lez (Brescian classical orthography)
• lès, les (Eastern modern orthographies)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Western) IPA^(key): /ˈle(ŋ)dʒ/, [lɛ(ŋ)tʃ], [lɛ(t)ʃ]
• (Modern Eastern) IPA^(key): /lez/, [lɛs]
• (Northern, Camunian) IPA^(key): /lez/, [lɛʰ]

Verb

lez (first-person singular present indicative lezi, infinitive lèzer, past participle lezud)

1. third-person singular present indicative of lèzer
2. third-person plural present indicative of lèzer

Etymology 2

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

Alternative forms

• lesg (Milanese classical orthography)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Western) IPA^(key): /ˈleːz/, [leːʃ]
• (Classical Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːz/, [les]

Noun

lez f (invariable)

1. Alternative form of lege (“law”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• les, lés

Etymology

From Latin lātus.

Noun

lez oblique singular, m (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lez)

1. side

Synonyms

• costé

Derived terms

• delez

Descendants

• French: lès, lez