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Webster 1913 Edition


Lieu

Lieu

(lū)
,
Noun.
[F., OF. also
liu
,
leu
,
lou
, fr. L.
locus
place. See
Local
,
Locus
.]
Place; room; stead; – used only in the phrase
in lieu of
, that is, instead of.
The plan of extortion had been adopted in
lieu
of the scheme of confiscation.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lieu

LIEU

,
Noun.
[L. locus, Eng. ley or lea. See Ley.]
Place; room; stead. It is used only with in. Let me have gold in lieu of silver. In lieu of fashionable honor, let justice by substituted.

Definition 2024


lieu

lieu

See also: Liễu, liệu, and Liệu

English

Noun

lieu (uncountable)

  1. place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to put, place, locate).

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux)

  1. place
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Etymology 2

From Norwegian lyr

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux)

  1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family.
Derived terms

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French leu.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)

  1. place

Descendants


Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from Old Norse lýðrr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

  1. (Jersey) whiting (fish)

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Sursilvan) liug
  • (Sutsilvan) liac
  • (Surmiran) li
  • (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Noun

lieu m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun) place