lue

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See also: Lue, Luè, lüe, lüè, lü, Lü, lüě, -lü, and łue

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Verb

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

  1. (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
    • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 116:
      Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.
    • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 122:
      Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

References

  1. ^ "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ, English low (“flame”).

Noun

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

  1. flame
  2. tuque, (a knit cap)

Inflection

Declension of lue
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lue luen luer luerne
genitive lues luens luers luernes

Synonyms

Verb

lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

  1. flame

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlueˣ/,
  • Rhymes: -ue
  • Syllabification(key): lu‧e

Verb

lue

  1. present active indicative connegative of lukea
    (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lue.
    I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't read.
  2. second-person singular present imperative of lukea
    Lue!
    Read!
  3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of lukea
    Älä lue!
    Don't read!

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly/
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Participle

lue f sg

  1. feminine singular of lu

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.e/
  • Rhymes: -ue
  • Hyphenation: lù‧e

Noun

lue f (invariable)

  1. (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
  2. (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
  3. (poetic) an evil person
    • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:
      La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia
      Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue
      The damned villain had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms

Latin

Noun

lue

  1. ablative singular of luēs

Verb

lue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō

Mandarin

Romanization

lue

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lüè.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)

  1. beanie

References

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