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Legge

Legge

(lĕg)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Lay
,
Verb.
T.
]
To lay.
[Obs.]

Legge

,
Verb.
T.
[Abbrev. fr.
alegge
.]
To lighten; to allay.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.

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Legge

Legge

See also: legge

English

Proper noun

Legge

  1. A surname.

legge

legge

See also: Legge

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

legge

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of leggen

Italian

Etymology

Latin lēx, legem.

Pronunciation

  • Stress: légge, IPA(key): /ˈleddʒe/

Noun

legge f (plural leggi)

  1. law

Related terms

Verb

legge

  1. third-person singular indicative present of leggere

Middle English

Noun

legge (plural legges)

  1. leg

Descendants


Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin lego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛddʒə/

Verb

legge

  1. to read

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną. Cognates include Danish lægge, Swedish lägga, German legen, Dutch leggen, and English lay. Compare ligge

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlêɡe/

Verb

legge (present tense legger, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive legges, present participle leggende, imperative legg)

  1. to lay, put, place

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

legge (present tense legg, past tense la, past participle lagt, passive infinitive leggast, present participle leggande, imperative legg)

  1. Alternative form of leggja