lévite

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Noun

lévite m (plural lévites)

  1. Levite (member of the Hebrew tribe Levi)

Noun

lévite f (plural lévites)

  1. Levite (a loose man's garment)
    • 1845, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, page 141:
      — Et vêtu, demanda vivement Villefort, vêtu de quelle façon ?
      — D’une grande lévite bleue boutonnée du haut en bas ; décoré de la Légion d’honneur.
      — "And clothed," Villefort asked vivaciously, "clothed in what manner?"
      — "In a large, blue Levite buttoned from top-to-bottom, decorated with the Légion d'honneur."

Verb

lévite

  1. inflection of léviter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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