different between lieu vs lier

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

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