English

Proper noun

Lea

1. A female given name, latinized form of Leah.
2. An English surname​, a variant of Lee.
3. A river in London, also called the Lee.

Anagrams

• ale, ELA, LAE

Danish

Proper noun

Lea

1. Leah (biblical character).
2. A female given name.

Estonian

Proper noun

Lea

1. Leah (biblical character).
2. A female given name of biblical origin.

Related terms

• Liia

Faroese

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵאָה ‎(leah).

Proper noun

Lea f

1. Leah (biblical figure).
2. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Lea: Leuson
• daughter of Lea: Leudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleɑ]
• Hyphenation: Le‧a

Proper noun

Lea

1. Leah (biblical character).
   • 1642 Biblia 1 Moos. 29:16-17:

     Ja Labanilla oli caxi tytärtä/ wanhemman nimi oli Lea/ ja nuoremman nimi oli Rahel./ Mutta Lea oli pehmiä silmist/ waan Rahel oli caunin muotoinen/ ja ihana caswoilda.

     And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured. (KJV Genesis 29:16-17)

2. A female given name.
   • 2014 Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, ISBN 978-951-20-9511-7, page 421:

     Vanhemman naisen nimeksi alkoi Sistinjan mielessä hahmottua Lea tai ehkä Leea. Sistinja oli aina pitänyt sanoista jotka ääntyivät lempeästi, ikään kuin huomiota herättämättä. Lea, Leea, naisen huuletkin olivat pyöreäpäisellä siveltimellä rajatut.

Declension

Related terms

• (given name) Leea

Anagrams

• Ale, ale

German

Proper noun

Lea

1. Leah (biblical character).
2. A female given name currently popular.

Hawaiian

Proper noun

Lea

1. (Christianity) Leah (biblical character).
2. (Hawaiian mythology) A goddess of canoe builders.
3. A female given name of biblical and mythological origin.
4. Name of a star.

References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lea occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 8 women.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lea

1. Leah (biblical figure).
2. A female given name, today also spelled Leah.

Slovak

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵאָה ‎(leah).

Proper noun

Lea f ‎(genitive Ley) declension pattern žena

1. Leah (biblical figure).
2. A female given name, today also spelled Leah.

Declension

Spanish

Proper noun

Lea f

1. Leah (biblical figure).
   • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 29:16-17

     Y Labán tenía dos hijas: el nombre de la mayor era Lea y el nombre de la menor, Rachêl. Y los ojos de Lea eran tiernos, pero Rachêl era de lindo semblante y de hermoso parecer.

2. A female given name.

Synonyms

• Lía

Swedish

Proper noun

Lea

1. Leah (biblical figure).
2. A female given name.

English

Alternative forms

• leigh, ley

Noun

lea ‎(plural leas)

1. an open field, meadow
   • XIX century, Alfred Tennyson, Circumstance

     Two children in two neighbor villages

     Playing mad pranks along the heathy leas;

Translations

Etymology 2

Middle English, from French lier, to bind

Noun

lea ‎(plural leas)

1. Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
2. A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.

Anagrams

• ale, ELA, LAE

Galician

Verb

lea

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of ler
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of ler

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.a/, [ˈɫe.a]

Noun

lea f ‎(genitive leae); first declension

1. A lioness

Synonyms

• leaena

Related terms

• leō m

References

• lea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LEA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• lea in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Northern Sami

Verb

lea

1. third-person singular present indicative of leat

Norwegian

Verb

lea

1. Past tense and past participle of lee

Spanish

Verb

lea

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of leer.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of leer.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of leer.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of leer.

Tongan

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Polynesian *leo (compare Maori reo).

Noun

lea

1. language; speech

   le fakatonga - Tongan language