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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lieu (uncountable)
- A place or stead.
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).
Noun
lieu m (plural lieux)
- place
- Synonyms: endroit, place
- (geometry) locus (set of all points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions)
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.
Noun
lieu m (plural lieus)
- any of several fish from the Pollachius family
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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French leu.
Noun
lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)
- place
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Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.
Noun
lieu m (plural lieus)
- (Jersey) whiting (fish)
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin locus.
Noun
lieu m
- (Rumantsch Grischun) place