English

Noun

lege ‎(uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) legislature

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege ‎(“to assert”).

Verb

lege ‎(third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.

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Etymology 3

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Noun

lege ‎(uncountable)

1. (Ireland, slang) legend, colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard

Anagrams

• glee

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑjə], [ˈlɑːɪ]

Verb

lege ‎(imperative leg, infinitive at lege, present tense leger, past tense legede, perfect tense har leget)

1. play
2. spawn

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See leg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑjə], [ˈlɑːɪ]

Noun

lege c

1. plural indefinite of leg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːɣə

Verb

lege

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

German

Verb

lege

1. First-person singular present of legen.
2. Imperative singular of legen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of legen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of legen.

Interlingua

Noun

lege ‎(plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m ‎(plural leges)

1. law

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡe/

Verb

lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Noun

lēge

1. ablative singular of lēx

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leːgʲə/

Etymology

From Old English læce and Old Norse læknari

Noun

lege m ‎(definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. doctor

Synonyms

• doktor

Verb

lege (present tense leger; past tense and past participle lega or leget)

1. heal, cure

Related terms

lækje (Bokmål)

Derived terms

(from both noun and verb)

• hudlege
• legemiddel
• tannlege

References

• “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lege m ‎(definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

1. doctor (physician)

Synonyms

• dokter, lækjar

Derived terms

• hudlege
• legemiddel (derived from the Bokmål verb lege)
• tannlege

Verb

lege

1. neuter past participle of liggja, liggje, ligga and ligge

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒe/

Etymology 1

From Latin lēx, lēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- ‎(“to gather”).

Noun

lege f ‎(plural legi)

1. law
2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

Declension

Synonyms

• (belief): religie, credință

Etymology 2

Verb

lege

1. third-person singular subjunctive form of lega.
2. third-person plural subjunctive form of lega.