lue

lue

See also: Lue, Luè, lüe, lüè, lü, Lü, lüě, -lü, and łue

English

Alternative forms

• lew

Etymology

Uncertain.[1]

Verb

lue (third-person singular simple present lues, present participle luing, simple past and past participle lued)

1. (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, p. 116:

     Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with a thick hair sieve close wrought in a tub of water.

   • 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words, Not Generally Used, p. 122:

     Cornwall... The fine [sc. tin] is lewed in a fine sierce.

References

1. "lue | lew, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1903), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• -ule, Elu, LEU, leu, ule

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse logi, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“light”). Compare German Lohe, Swedish låga, Old English līeġ.

Noun

lue c (singular definite luen, plural indefinite luer)

1. flame
2. tuque, (a knit cap)

Inflection

Declension of lue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lue	luen	luer	luerne
genitive	lues	luens	luers	luernes

Synonyms

• (flame): flamme c
• (knit cap): tophue c, strikkehue c

Verb

lue (imperative lu, infinitive at lue, present tense luer, past tense luede, perfect tense har luet)

1. flame

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlueˣ/, [ˈlue̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ue
• Syllabification^(key): lu‧e

Verb

lue

1. present active indicative connegative of lukea

   (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät lue.

   I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't read.

2. second-person singular present imperative of lukea

   Lue!

   Read!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of lukea

   Älä lue!

   Don't read!

Anagrams

• leu

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly/

• Audio

  (file)

Participle

lue f sg

1. feminine singular of the past participle of lire

Anagrams

• élu, leu

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin luēs (“plague, pestilence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.e/
• Rhymes: -ue
• Hyphenation: lù‧e

Noun

lue f (invariable)

1. (medicine) Synonym of sifilide (“syphilis”)
2. (figurative, literary) plague, misfortune
3. (poetic) an evil person
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎, 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

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Latin

Noun

lue

1. ablative singular of luēs

Verb

lue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of luō

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Mandarin

Romanization

lue

1. Nonstandard spelling of lüè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lue f or m (definite singular lua or luen, indefinite plural luer, definite plural luene)

1. beanie

References

• “lue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.