lege

See also: Lege, lège, legë, legę, and -lege

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛd͡ʒ/
Rhymes: -ɛdʒ

Noun

lege (uncountable)

(US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

(obsolete) To allege; to assert.
- 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms
  Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.
- c. 1360, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love
  To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie.

Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

Alternative forms

leg

Noun

lege (uncountable)

(Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

Anagrams

Egle, glee

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lajə/, [ˈlɑːɪ]
Homophone: leje

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan).

Verb

lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)

to play
to spawn

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Inflection

Inflection of lege

	present	past
simple	leger	legede
perfect	har leget	havde leget
passive	leges	legedes
participle	legende	leget
imperative	leg	—
infinitive	lege	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	legen	—

Derived terms

legebarn
legebord
legehus
legekammerat
legeland
legemulighed
legeområde
legeonkel
legeplads
legeredskab
legerum
legesager
legestue
legesyg
legetante
legetek
legetid
legeting
legetøj
legevogn
legeværelse
legeværk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

lege c

indefinite plural of leg

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eːɣə

Verb

lege

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

egel, geel, gele, leeg

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

lege

inflection of legen:
1. first-person singular present
2. singular imperative
3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

law

Verb

lege

present of leger
imperative of leger

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m (plural leges)

law

Related terms

leal

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡɛ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

Verb

lege

second-person singular present active imperative of legō

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɡe/, [ˈɫ̪eːɡɛ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒe/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒe]

Noun

lēge

ablative singular of lēx

Lombard

Alternative forms

legg, lesg (Milanese classical orthography)
legge (Cremonese orthography)
lez (Brescian classical orthography)

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem (“law”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Western) IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒ(e)/, [leːtʃ], [ˈleːdʒe]
(Modern Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒe/, [ˈledʒe]
(Classical Western) IPA^(key): /ˈleːz/, [leːʃ]
(Classical Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈleːz/, [les]

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

law
rule

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

Alternative forms

leege, leke, leuge, lewke, liege

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛu̯ɡ(ə)/, /ˈlɛːk(ə)/

Noun

lege (plural leges)

league (unit of meaurement)

Descendants

English: league

References

“lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

leege, legge, legi, leyge, liage, liege, lyege, lyge

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈliːdʒ(ə)/

Noun

lege (plural leges or lege)

(One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
A hireling or servant; one serving under another.
(rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.

Related terms

lege man
legiaunce

Descendants

English: liege
Scots: liege

References

“lēge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Adjective

lege

Able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority.
(rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.

Descendants

English: liege

References

“lẹ̄ǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish læge.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leː.ɡɛ/, [²leː.ɡə]

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

a doctor

Synonyms

doktor

Verb

lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)

to heal, cure

Related terms

lækje (Bokmål)

Derived terms

Terms derived from lege (both noun and verb)

hudlege
legekunst
legemiddel

livlege
overlege

tannlege
øyelege

References

“lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Danish læge through Norwegian Bokmål lege. Confer also lækjar, from lækja (“to heal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leː.ɡə/

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

Synonym of lækjar (“doctor, physician”)

Derived terms

anestesilege
assistentlege
augelege
barnelege
bedriftslege
distriktslege
dyrlege
fastlege
fylkeslege
hudlege
huslege
kvinnelege
legeattest
legeerklæring
legefråsegn
legehjelp
legekunst
legemiddel
legeplante
legeråd
legesenter
legestand
legevakt
legevitskap
livlege
overlege
sesjonslege
sjelelege
sjukehuslege
skipslege
spesiallege
stadslege
sårlege
tannlege

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lega.

Alternative forms

lega, lego, legu, logo, lugu (all superseded and/or dialectal)

Noun

lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
a place where something lies, e.g. an animal

Derived terms

attlege
dødslege
landlege
nattlege
nedlege
samlege
sengelege
sjukelege
ulege
utelege

Participle

lege

neuter singular of legen

Verb

lege

supine of liggje
supine of ligge

References

“lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb

lege

to lay
to put, to place

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈled͡ʒe/

Etymology 1

From Latin lēgem, accusative of lēx, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

law
(archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

Declension

Declension of lege

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) lege	legea	(niște) legi	legile
genitive/dative	(unei) legi	legii	(unor) legi	legilor
vocative	lege, legeo		legilor

Synonyms

(belief): religie, credință

Related terms

legal
legitim

Verb

lege

third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of lega