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Translingual
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lez
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lezgi.
English
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Etymology
Clipping of lesbian.
Pronunciation
Noun
lez (plural lezzes)
- (slang, sometimes vulgar) Lesbian.
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Albanian
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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’.
Noun
lez m (plural lezë, definite lezi, definite plural lezët)
- facial mole
- (medicine) wart
- (medicine) tumor
- (dialectal) mark, spot, pimple, birthmark
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Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
lez
- second-person singular imperative of lézt
French
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Etymology
Inherited from Old French lez, from Late Latin latus (“next to, beside”), from Latin lātus (“side”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
lez
- (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.
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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/, ,
- (Modern Eastern) IPA(key): /lez/,
- (Northern, Camunian) IPA(key): /lez/,
Verb
lez (first-person singular present indicative lezi, infinitive lèzer, past participle lezud)
- third-person singular present indicative of lèzer
- 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/,
- (Classical Eastern) IPA(key): /ˈleːz/,
Noun
lez f (invariable)
- Alternative form of lege (“law”)
Old French
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Etymology
From Latin lātus.
Noun
lez oblique singular, m (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lez)
- side
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