legere

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See also: Legere and légère

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

legere

  1. inflection of leger, the comparative degree of leeg:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb

legere

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of legeren

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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

Verb

legēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of legō

Pronunciation 2

Verb

lēgēre

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of legō

Pronunciation 3

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

lēgere m (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of lēogere

Romanian

Etymology

From lege +‎ -re.

Noun

legere f (uncountable)

  1. (dated) reading

Declension

References

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