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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From levy + -er (“agent suffix”).
Noun
[edit]levier (plural leviers)
- One who levies.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]levier m (plural leviers)
- lever
- 1846, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, sourced from [1]:
- Je m’en suis fait quelques-uns. Excepté une lime, j’ai tout ce qu’il me faut, ciseau, pince, levier.
- I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,--a chisel, pincers, and lever.
- 1885, Émile Zola, Germinal, sourced from [2]:
- Maheu fit sauter des coussinets de fonte, armé de sa barre de fer, dont il se servait comme d’un levier.
- Maheu made the metal chairs leap up, armed with his iron bar which he used as a lever.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “levier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]levier n (plural leviere)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | levier | levierul | leviere | levierele | |
genitive-dative | levier | levierului | leviere | levierelor | |
vocative | levierule | levierelor |
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