niveau

From French niveau; see there for more. Doublet of level and libella.

niveau (plural niveaus)

1. (literary, poetic, somewhat rare) level, grade, standard

From French niveau, from Latin lībella.

• IPA^(key): /nivo/, [niˈvo]

niveau n (singular definite niveauet, plural indefinite niveauer)

1. level

• intelligensniveau
• mellemniveau

• “niveau” in Den Danske Ordbog

From French niveau.

• IPA^(key): /niˈvoː/

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• Hyphenation: ni‧veau
• Rhymes: -oː

niveau n (plural niveaus, diminutive niveautje n)

1. level

• intelligentieniveau
• trofisch niveau
• zeeniveau

Inherited from Old French nivel, livel, from Vulgar Latin *libellus m, from Latin lībella f. Cognate with English level and Portuguese nível.

• IPA^(key): /ni.vo/

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niveau m (plural niveaux)

1. level (general)

   Je lis au deuxième niveau. ― I read at the second level.

   Il est au niveau en haut. ― He's at the top level.

   C'est de bas niveau. ― It's low level.

2. level (measuring instrument)

   Cet ancien niveau marche toujours bien ― This old level still works fine.

3. level, the stage of a video game

   Il faut complèter ce niveau pour gagner l'épée magique.

   You have to complete this level to earn the magic sword.

• → Danish: niveau
• → Dutch: niveau
• → German: Niveau
• → Norwegian Bokmål: nivå
• → Romanian: nivel
• → Serbo-Croatian: nivo
• → Swedish: nivå
• → Turkish: nivo
• → Yiddish: ניוואָ (nivo)

• “niveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.