leve

• IPA^(key): ,

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, and English live.

leve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)

1. to live, be alive

A nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).

leve n (uninflected)

1. cheers

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leve c

1. indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)

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• Rhymes: -eːvə

leve

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

Commonly used. Not archaic.

• veel, vele

From Proto-Finnic *lebeh.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleʋeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -eʋe
• Hyphenation^(key): le‧ve

leve

1. (dialectal) Synonym of hahtuva
2. Synonym of lapo (“rakeful of hay”)

From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

leve m or f (plural leves)

1. light (of low weight; not heavy)

   Synonym: livián

2. gentle, light (having little force)

• levemente

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leve

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

• “leve”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).

• IPA^(key): /leve/

leve

1. to rise
2. to raise

From the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

leve

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lé

• olcsó húsnak híg a leve

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːvə/

leve

1. to live

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Proto-Finnic *lebeh. Cognates include Finnish leve and dialectal Estonian leve.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋe/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋe/,
• Rhymes: -eʋe
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

leve

1. fluff
2. lock of hair

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Hyphenation: lè‧ve

leve f

1. plural of leva

• vele

leve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of levis

lēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension

1. smoothness

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

lēve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lēvis

• leve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• laeve, leëve (Veldeke spelling)
• léëve (Eupen spelling)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæː˨.və/
• (East Limburgish-Ripuarian) IPA^(key): /ˈleə̯˨.və/
• Rhymes: -æːvə, -eə̯və

leve (third-person singular present levt, preterite levde, past participle gelevt) (German-based spelling)

1. (intransitive) to live, to be alive
2. (intransitive) to dwell, to reside
3. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to occupy a place
4. (intransitive, hyperbolic, with met) to cope with, to live with, to deal with

lēve

1. inflection of lēven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).

leve (plural leves)

1. leave

• “lēve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

leve

1. Alternative form of leef

leve

1. Alternative form of love (“remainder”)

leve

1. Alternative form of leven

leve

1. Alternative form of lyven

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Swedish leva, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

leve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde or levet, past participle levd or levet, present participle levende)

1. to live

• “leve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse lifa.

leve (present tense lever, past tense levde, supine levd or levt, past participle levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)

1. alternative form of leva
2. optative of leva

   leve kongen!

   live the king!

Specialised from the optative use of leva.

leve n

1. an exclamation of "leve!"
2. (by extension) a wish for a good and long life

• “leve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• leue

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛβe/
• Rhymes: -ɛβe
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

Inherited from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- + *-us. Doublet of lheu.

Cognate with Old Spanish lieve.

leve m or f (plural leves)

1. light (of low weight)

   Synonyms: ligeyro, livião

2. (derogatory) idiot; stupid

• Galician: leve
• Portuguese: leve

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leve

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

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “leve”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “leve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “leve”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

• Rhymes: -ɛvi, -ɛvɨ
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Doublet of léu.

leve m or f (plural leves, comparable, comparative mais leve, superlative o mais leve or levíssimo, diminutive levinho)

1. light (of low weight; not heavy)

   Synonym: ligeiro

2. gentle, light (having little force)

   Synonym: suave

• levemente

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leve

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

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levé

1. white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa)

   Synonyms: coo iñi, coñi

• Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27

leve

1. inflection of levi:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Borrowed from Latin levem, probably a borrowing in this form, as it was often used primarily in learned or literary contexts.^[1] However, the older form lieve, which it replaced, was inherited.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlebe/
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: le‧ve

leve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)

1. mild, slight, light
2. minor, trivial

• “leve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

leve

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

leve n

1. a (proposed) cheer

   Synonym: (possibly regional) leverne

   Kungen utbringade ett fyrfaldigt leve för födelsedagsbarnet

   The king led four cheers for the birthday girl

• utbringa

leve

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of leva; used to express one's wish that someone or something may live long, mostly at celebration ceremonies, primarily birthday celebrations

   Leve konungen!

   Long live the king!

   Han leve! Hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra!

   (Long) may he live! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!

One of few Swedish subjunctives still in common use.

• leve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• leve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• leve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• elev