Liège

Liège

See also: liege, Liege, and liège

English

Etymology

From French Liège.

Proper noun

Liège

1. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
2. The capital city of the province of Liège, Belgium.

Translations

province in Belgium

Arabic: لِيِيج‎ m (liyej), لييج‎ m (līj) Bulgarian: Лие́ж m (Liéž) Catalan: Lieja Chinese: Mandarin: 列日 (zh) (Lièrì) Czech: Lutych (cs) m Dutch: Luik (nl) n Esperanto: Lieĝo French: Liège (fr) m Galician: Liexa German: Lüttich (de) n Greek: Λιέγη (Liégi) Italian: Liegi Japanese: リエージュ (Riēju) Korean: 리에주 (ko) (Rieju) Luxembourgish: Léck (lb) Persian: لیژ‎ (lyež) Polish: Liège (pl) m Portuguese: Liège f Russian: Льеж (ru) m (Lʹjež) Slovak: (city) Lutych m, (province) Lutyšsko n Spanish: Lieja (es) f Urdu: لیئج‎ m (li'yej), لیئژ‎ m (li'yež) (learned borrowing) Walloon: Lidje (wa) West Frisian: Luik n

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French

Alternative forms

• Liége (obsolete)

Etymology

Found in Medieval Latin as Leodium or Leodicum, probably ultimately of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɛʒ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʒ

Proper noun

Liège ?

1. Liège (a province of Belgium)

   Meronyms: Amay, Amel, Ans, Anthisnes, Aubel, Awans, Aywaille, Baelen, Bassenge, Berloz, Beyne-Heusay, Blegny, Braives, Büllingen, Burdinne, Burg-Reuland, Bütgenbach, Chaudfontaine, Clavier, Comblain-au-Pont, Crisnée, Dalhem, Dison, Donceel, Engis, Esneux, Eupen, Faimes, Ferrières, Fexhe-le-haut-Clocher, Flémalle, Fléron, Geer, Grâce-Hollogne, Hamoir, Hannut, Héron, Herstal, Herve, Huy, Jalhay, Juprelle, Kelmis, Liège, Lierneux, Limbourg, Lincent, Lontzen, Malmedy, Marchin, Modave, Nandrin, Neupré, Olne, Oreye, Ouffet, Oupeye, Pepinster, Plombières, Raeren, Remicourt, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Vith, Seraing, Soumagne, Spa, Sprimont, Stavelot, Stoumont, Theux, Thimister-Clermont, Tinlot, Trois-Ponts, Trooz, Verlaine, Verviers, Villers-le-Bouillet, Visé, Waimes, Wanze, Waremme, Wasseiges, Welkenraedt

2. Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Belgium)

   Meronyms: Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, Sclessin, Wandre

Derived terms

• liégeois
• Liégeois

Descendants

• → English: Liège
• → Polish: Liège
• → Portuguese: Liège

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French Liège.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljɛʂ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʂ
• Syllabification: Liège

Proper noun

Liège m (indeclinable)

1. Liège (a province of Belgium)
2. Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Belgium)

Further reading

• Liège in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Liège in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Liège.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɛ.ʒi/ [lɪˈɛ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɛ.ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɛ.ʒi/ [lɪˈɛ.ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɛ.ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈɛ.ʒe/ [lɪˈɛ.ʒe], (faster pronunciation) /ˈljɛ.ʒe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈljɛ.ʒ(ɨ)/

Proper noun

Liège f

1. Liège (a province of Belgium)
2. Liège (a city, the provincial capital of Liège, Belgium)