niveau
See also: Niveau
English
Etymology
From French niveau; see there for more.
Noun
- (literary, poetic, somewhat rare) level, grade, standard
Danish
Etymology
From French niveau, from Latin lībella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nivo/, [niˈvo]
Noun
niveau n (singular definite niveauet, plural indefinite niveauer)
- level
Inflection
Declension of niveau
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | niveau | niveauet | niveauer | niveauerne |
| genitive | niveaus | niveauets | niveauers | niveauernes |
Derived terms
- intelligensniveau
- mellemniveau
Further reading
- “niveau” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From French niveau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /niˈvoː/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: ni‧veau
- Rhymes: -oː
Noun
niveau n (plural niveaus, diminutive niveautje n)
- level
Derived terms
- zeeniveau
French
Etymology
From Old French nivel, livel, from Vulgar Latin *libellus m, from Latin lībella f. Cognate with English level and Portuguese nível.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.vo/
audio (file)
Noun
niveau m (plural niveaux)
- level (general) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- level (measuring instrument)
- level, The stage of a video game
Derived terms
- mise à niveau
- niveau à bulle
- niveau à lunette
- niveau de la mer
- niveau de maçon
- niveau de pente
- niveau de vie
- niveau d'eau
- nivelage
- niveler
- niveleur / niveleuse
- nivellement
- passage à niveau
- plan de niveau
Descendants
- → Danish: niveau
- → Dutch: niveau
- → German: Niveau
- → Norwegian Bokmål: nivå
- → Romanian: nivel
- → Serbo-Croatian: nivo
- → Swedish: nivå
- → Turkish: nivo
Further reading
- “niveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.