different between lier vs liek

English

Etymology

From Middle English lier, equivalent to lie +? -er. Compare ligger, lidger, ledger.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?la?.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?la?.?/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• Homophones: liar, lyre

Noun

lier (plural liers)

1. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
2. A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
3. Obsolete spelling of liar.
4. Misspelling of liar.

See also

• liar

Anagrams

• Iler, Irel., Reil, Riel, lire, riel, rile

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liere, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek ???? (lúra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lir/, [li?r], [li??r]
• Hyphenation: lier
• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

lier f (plural lieren, diminutive liertje n)

1. (music) lyre
2. (music) hurdy-gurdy, wheel fiddle
3. winch

Derived terms

• draailier
• lierhert
• zijn lier aan de wilgen hangen

French

Etymology

From Old French lier, from Latin lig?re, present active infinitive of lig?, from Proto-Indo-European *ley?- (“to bind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lje/

Verb

lier

1. to link
2. to associate
3. (cooking) to thicken

Conjugation

Derived terms

• avoir les mains liées
• fou à lier
• liaison
• se lier d'amitié

Related terms

Descendants

• ? German: liieren

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lire

Latin

Verb

l?er

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of l??

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Lider, lider (obsolete spellings)

Noun

lier f

1. indefinite plural of li

Anagrams

• iler, leir, leri, lire, reil

Old French

Alternative forms

• liier, lïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

From Latin lig?re, present active infinitive of lig?.

Verb

lier

1. to tie up; to connect with a tie

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: lier
  • ? German: liieren
• ? Middle English: lien
  • English: lye
• ?? Galician: lear
• ?? Portuguese: liar
• ?? Spanish: liar

English

Verb

liek

1. (Internet slang, nonstandard) Deliberate misspelling of like.

Anagrams

• -like, Kiel, Kile, Like, kile, like

Latvian

Verb

liek

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of likt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of likt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of likt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of likt

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

liek m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Obsolete spelling of lijek

Slovak

Noun

liek m

1. medicine, pharmaceutical drug

Further reading

• liek in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk