ligue
See also: ligué
French
Etymology
From Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liɡ/
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Noun
ligue f (plural ligues)
- league
Derived terms
- coupe de la ligue
- ligue hanséatique
Verb
ligue
- inflection of liguer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “ligue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Verb
ligue
- inflection of ligar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliɡe/ [ˈli.ɣ̞e]
- Rhymes: -iɡe
- Syllabification: li‧gue
Noun
ligue m (uncountable)
- (colloquial) cruising (a concerted effort to find sex) or gay sex
- (colloquial) fling, pickup, hookup (action and person)
Verb
ligue
- inflection of ligar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “ligue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014