legere

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See also: Legere and légère

Dutch

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Adjective

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legere

  1. inflection of leger, the comparative degree of leeg:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb

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legere

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of legeren

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German

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Adjective

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legere

  1. inflection of leger:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

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legēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of legō

Pronunciation 2

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lēgēre

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of legō

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legere

  1. inflection of legō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin ligāre, ligō, compare with German legieren.

Verb

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legere (imperative leger, present tense legerer, passive legeres, simple past legerte, past participle legert, present participle legerende)

  1. to alloy (metals etc.)
  2. to thicken by blending egg yolks, cream, butter etc. into sauces and soups

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ligāre, ligō, compare with German legieren.

Verb

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legere (present tense legerer, past tense legerte, past participle legert, passive infinitive legerast, present participle legerande, imperative leger)

  1. to alloy (metals etc.)
  2. to thicken by blending egg yolks, cream, butter etc. into sauces and soups

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleː.ɡe.re/, [ˈleː.ɣe.re]

Noun

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lēgere m (Anglian)

  1. Alternative form of lēogere

Romanian

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Etymology

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From lege +‎ -re.

Noun

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legere f (uncountable)

  1. (dated) reading

Declension

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References

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  • legere in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN