different between lien vs lieu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin lig?men (“a bond”), from lig? (“tie, bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?n/, /?li??n/
• Homophone: lean (IPA^(key): /li?n/)

Noun

lien (plural liens)

1. (obsolete) A tendon.
2. (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 7:

     Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.

Derived terms

• lienholder

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• lyen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la??n/

Verb

lien

1. (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin lien (“spleen”). Doublet of spleen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?.in/, /?la?.?n/

Noun

lien (plural lienes)

1. (uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.

   Synonym: milt

   • 1892, John Marie Keating, Henry Hamilton, John Chalmers Da Costa, A New Pronouncing Dictionary of Medicine:

     Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.

   • 1914, Quain's Elements of Anatomy, volume 1, page 312:

     The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, [...]

Related terms

• lienal, lienic

Further reading

• lien on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LEIN, LINE, Line, Neil, Niel, Nile, line

Cornish

Etymology

From Latin legendus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?li??n]

Noun

lien m (plural liennow)

1. literature

French

Etymology

From Middle French lien, from Old French lien, liem, from Latin lig?men (“bond”), from lig?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lj??/

Noun

lien m (plural liens)

1. link

Derived terms

• lien mort

Related terms

• lier
• relier

Further reading

• “lien” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Alternative forms

• li?nis m

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lix?n-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)li??, from *spl??-?n- (“spleen”). The -i- remains unexplained.

Cognate with Old Irish selg, Lithuanian blužnis, Ancient Greek ????? (spl?n), Old Armenian ??????? (p?ayca?n), Avestan ????????????????????????????????-? (sp?r^?zan-), Sanskrit ??????? (pl?hán). Doublet of splen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li.e?n/, [?lie?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.en/, [?li??n]

Noun

li?n m (genitive li?nis); third declension

1. spleen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• lien in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lien in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Latvian

Verb

lien

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of l?st
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of l?st
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of l?st
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of l?st
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of l?st
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of l?st

Livonian

Etymology

Related to Finnish lainata.

Verb

lien

1. (Salaca) give a loan

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *l?an, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

Verb

liën

1. (transitive) to admit
2. (transitive) to acknowledge, to be convinced
3. (transitive) to declare
4. (intransitive) to assent

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch l?an, from Proto-West Germanic *l?hwan, from Proto-Germanic *l?hwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyk?-.

Verb

liën

1. (eastern) to lend

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “liën (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “liën (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page liën
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “liën (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page liën

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English li??an, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjan?.

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lith, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative leie, past participle leien)

1. to lie (be in a horizontal position)

Alternative forms

• lie, li, lin, ligh, li?, li?e, li?en, lig, lige, ligen, liken, likken, li??e, ligge, liggen, luggen
• licgen, li?ge (early)

Descendants

• English: lie, lig
• Scots: lie
• Yola: lee

References

• “l?en, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English l?ogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leugan?.

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative legh, past participle louen)

1. to lie (tell a falsehood)

Alternative forms

• li, lie, lin, lighe, lighen, lige, ligen, li?e, li?en, liegh, lie?e, lie?en, le, lei, leie, leghen, legen, le?e, le?en, lei?e, lei?en
• lih, lihe, lihen, le?en, leo?en, leio?en, lu?en (early)

Descendants

• English: lie
• Scots: lee

References

• “l?en, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old French lier, liier (“to tie up, connect”), from Latin lig?re (“to tie, bind”).

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle liid) (cooking)

1. to thicken (a soup, etc.) by mixing
2. to bind (ground meat, etc. with eggs, sauce, etc.)
3. to coat (something with sauce, etc.)

Alternative forms

• li, lie

Descendants

• English: lye

References

• “l?en, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From Middle French lien (“tie, strap”), from Latin lig?men (“bandage, band, tie”).

Noun

lien (plural liens)

1. bond, fetter

Alternative forms

• lieine, leine

Descendants

• English: lien

References

• “l?en, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 5

Noun

lien (plural liens)

1. Alternative form of len

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French lien.

Noun

lien m (plural liens)

1. tie; strap
2. (by extension) link (association)

Descendants

• French: lien
• ? Middle English: lien
  • English: lien

Old French

Alternative forms

• lïen (diareses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin lig?men.

Noun

lien m (oblique plural liens, nominative singular liens, nominative plural lien)

1. tie; strap

Descendants

• Middle French: lien
  • French: lien
  • ? Middle English: lien
    • English: lien

Swedish

Noun

lien

1. definite singular of lie

Anagrams

• Elin, ilen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l(j)u?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: loo (in some accents)

Noun

lieu (uncountable)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• euil, liue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljø/
• Homophones: lieue, lieus, lieux, lieues

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

Synonyms

• endroit
• place

Derived terms

Related terms

• louer
• loyer
• location

Etymology 2

From Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “lieu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French leu.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)

1. place

Descendants

• French: lieu

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.

Noun

lieu m (plural lieus)

1. (Jersey) whiting (fish)

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Noun

lieu m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) place