lévite

See also: levite, Levite, lévité, levité, and Lévite

French

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Noun

lévite m (plural lévites)

Levite (member of the Hebrew tribe Levi)

Noun

lévite f (plural lévites)

Levite (a loose man's garment)
- 1845, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, page 141:
  — Et vêtu, demanda vivement Villefort, vêtu de quelle façon ?
  — D’une grande lévite bleue boutonnée du haut en bas ; décoré de la Légion d’honneur.
  — "And clothed," Villefort asked vivaciously, "clothed in what manner?"
  — "In a large, blue Levite buttoned from top-to-bottom, decorated with the Légion d'honneur."

Verb

lévite

inflection of léviter:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“lévite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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