Dutch

Proper noun

Lieve ?

1. A female given name, a diminutive of Godelieve.

German Low German

Noun

Lieve

1. love

Dutch

Adjective

lieve

1. Inflected form of lief

Anagrams

• veile, viele, vleie

Finnish

Etymology

Considered of Baltic origin, related to eg. Latvian klēpis ‎(“lap”). Distribution of the word within Baltic Finnic is limited to the northern languages, e.g. Veps ĺebe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlie̞ʋe̞]
• Hyphenation: lie‧ve

Noun

lieve

1. the lower edge of a garment; hem
2. hem (rim or margin of something)
3. In plural of adessive, ablative and allative cases used to indicate approximate location; see liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille.

Declension

Derived terms

• liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille

Compounds

• hameenlieve
• lievealue
• lieveilmiö
• suolilieve
• takalieve

Anagrams

• Leevi

Italian

Etymology

From Latin levis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

lieve m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural lievi)

1. light
2. light, delicate, gentle
3. slight, minor
4. mild (punishment, sentence)

Synonyms

• leggero (1,2,3,4)
• delicato (2)
• minore (3)

Derived terms

• lievemente
• lievità

Anagrams

• elevi

Old French

Verb

lieve

1. first-person singular present indicative of lever
2. third-person singular present indicative of lever
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
5. second-person singular imperative of lever