lue
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Luvale.
Symbol
lue
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Luvale terms
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)
- (mining, dialect, transitive) To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
- 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, page 116:
- Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.
References
- ^ "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Danish lughæ, Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ, English low (“flame”).
Noun
lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lue | luen | luer | luerne |
| genitive | lues | luens | luers | luernes |
Synonyms
- (flame): flamme c
Verb
lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lúfa. Cognate with Swedish luva and Norwegian Nynorsk luve.
Noun
lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)
- tuque, (a knit cap)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lue | luen | luer | luerne |
| genitive | lues | luens | luers | luernes |
Synonyms
- (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c
References
- “lue,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlueˣ/, [ˈlue̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ue
- Syllabification(key): lu‧e
- Hyphenation(key): lue
Interjection
lue
- read; used to indicate pronunciation
- Synonym: luetaan
- Yhdistettyä funktiota merkitään f∘g (lue "f pallo g").
- A function composition is denoyed f∘g (read, "f of g").
- (humorous) that is; used to indicate equivalence
Verb
lue
- inflection of lukea:
- second-person singular imperative
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular imperative connegative
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly/
Audio: (file)
Participle
lue f sg
- feminine singular of lu
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlu.e/
- Rhymes: -ue
- Hyphenation: lù‧e
Noun
lue f (invariable)
- (medicine) synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
- (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
- (poetic) an evil person
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland][1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 25:
- La ſopraueſta di color di ſabbia
Su l'arme hauea la maledetta lue- The damned villain had a sand-colored overgarment over his arms
Latin
Noun
lue
- ablative singular of luēs
Verb
lue
- second-person singular present active imperative of luō
Mandarin
Romanization
lue
- nonstandard spelling of lüè
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)
References
- “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.