lies

See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

Alternative forms

lyes (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɪz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

lies

plural of lie

Verb

lies

third-person singular simple present indicative of lie

Adjective

lies

(Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
That kebab was lies!

Anagrams

%iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, leis, sile, slie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural lieste)

the groin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liesche, from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lis/
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Hyphenation: lies
Rhymes: -is
Homophones: lease, Lies

Noun

lies f (plural liezen)

loins, region near the groin

Derived terms

liesbreuk

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

lies f

plural of lie

Verb

lies

second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lier

Anagrams

élis, îles, isle, Lise, lise, sile, silé

German

Alternative forms

l. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [liːs]
Audio (file)
Homophone: ließ
Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

lies

imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

līēs

second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Liist (Eupen)

Noun

lies f

(widespread) list

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

lies

(Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

second-person singular present indicative of liesen
second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

oblique plural of lie
nominative plural of lie

Portuguese

Verb

lies

second-person singular present subjunctive of liar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

Obsolete spelling of lijes

Spanish

Verb

lies

second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of liar

Swedish

Noun

lies

indefinite genitive singular of lie

Anagrams

Elis

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