lieu

Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l(j)uː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: loo (in some accents)

lieu (uncountable)

1. A place or stead.

• in lieu
• in lieu of

• lieu-dit

• euil, liue

• IPA^(key): /ljø/

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• Homophones: lieue, lieus, lieux, lieues

Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

lieu m (plural lieux)

1. place

   Synonyms: endroit, place

• louer
• loyer
• location

• → English: lieu

Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.

lieu m (plural lieus)

1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family

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

From Old French leu.

lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)

1. place

• French: lieu

Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.

lieu m (plural lieus)

1. (Jersey) whiting (fish)

• liug (Sursilvan)
• liac (Sutsilvan)
• li (Surmiran)
• lö (Puter, Vallader)

From Latin locus.

lieu m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) place