Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word lei. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in lei.
Definitions and meaning of lei
lei
Pronunciation
enPR: lā, IPA(key): /leɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪ
Homophones: lay, ley
Etymology 1
From Hawaiianlei.
Noun
lei (pluralleis)
A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
Derived terms
haku lei
Translations
See also
Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Romanianlei
Noun
lei
plural of leu
Anagrams
%ile, -ile, Eli, Ile, LIE, Lie, ile, lie
Bourguignon
Alternative forms
(Morvan) leu
Etymology
From Latinlocus.
Noun
leim (pluralleis)
place
Dutch
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɛi̯
IPA(key): /lɛi/
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchleye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish*lēi, from Proto-Celtic*līwanks (compare *līwos(“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European*leh₁w-(“stone”), see also Ancient Greekλᾶας(lâas, “stone”), Albanianlerë(“boulder”).
Noun
leif (pluralleien, diminutiveleitjen)
(uncountable) slate (material)
(countable) slate (object)
Derived terms
leien
leisteen
met een schone lei herbeginnen
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchleide, with a change gi > i similar to that seen in brein.
Verb
lei
(archaic) singular imperative of leggen
Anagrams
iel
Finnish
Noun
lei
A lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers).
(nonstandard, obsolete) A leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova).
Declension
Synonyms
(unit of currency):leu
See also
kukkaseppele
Anagrams
eli, lie
Friulian
Etymology
From Latinlegere, present active infinitive of legō.
Verb
lei (past participlelet)
to read
Related terms
letôr
leture
lezion
Galician
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lei/
Etymology 1
From Old Portugueselei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latinlex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic*lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-s < *leǵ-.
Noun
leif (pluralleis)
law (clarification of this definition is needed)
religion, credence, worship of a god
Related terms
leal
Etymology 2
Noun
leim pl
plural of leu
Hawaiian
Noun
lei(ka)
lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
necklace
( by extension ) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei
Verb
lei
to leap
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin*illei or *illaei, which is a Vulgar Latin form of Classical Latinillī (dative singular of illa). The Vulgar Latin form *illei is modelled under influence of Vulgar Latin*illūi, whence also lui.
The formal address Lei appears in the 16th century in connection with Signoria(“Lordship”), Eccellenza(“Excellency”), Santità(“Holiness”) and Magnificenza, alongside Voi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [lɛːi]
Pronoun
leif (pluralloro, masculinelui)
she
her
it
1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
La pioggia cadde, e a’ foſſati venne / Di lei ciò che la terra non ſofferſe
The rain fell and into the channels ran / Whatever of it was not absorbed by the ground
ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 228:
[…] videro il drappo, et in quello la testa, non ancor sì consumata, che essi alla capellatura crespa non conoscessero lei esser quella di Lorenzo.
[…] they saw the cloth and the head wrapped inside it, which was not yet sufficiently decomposed that they could not help but identify it, from the curly hair, as being Lorenzo’s.
ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 512:
[…] Filomena in ciò che dell’amistà dice, racconta il vero, e con ragione nel fine delle sue parole si dolse lei oggi così poco da’ mortali esser gradita.
[…] Philomena is in the right as to what she has said upon friendship; and it was with reason she complained, last of all, of its being in such little esteem with mankind […]
La banana di Stranalandia è alla base dell’economia dell’isola. Senza di lei la vita qui sarebbe molto dura.
The banana of Strangeland forms the basis of the island’s economy. Without it, life here would be very tough.
Synonyms
ella
essa
Related terms
colei
Pronoun
leim (pluralloro)
(formal) you
Synonym:voi(uncommon)
Derived terms
a lei
dare del lei
Alternative forms
Lei
See also
dare del lei
References
Anagrams
eli
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯/
Verb
lei
second-person singular imperative of leien
Mandarin
Romanization
lei (Zhuyin˙ㄌㄟ)
Pinyin transcription of 嘞
lei
Nonstandard spelling of lēi.
Nonstandard spelling of léi.
Nonstandard spelling of lěi.
Nonstandard spelling of lèi.
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.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlej/
Verb
lei
third-person singular past indicative of leat
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /læɪ̯/
Etymology 1
From Old Norseleiðr.
Adjective
lei (masculine and femininelei, neuterleit, definite singular and pluralleie, comparativeleiere, indefinite superlativeleiest, definite superlativeleieste)
uncomfortable, bothersome
bored, tired
sad, unfortunate
Etymology 2
From Old Norseleið.
Noun
leif or m (definite singularleiaorleien, indefinite pluralleier, definite pluralleiene)
(maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
direction
Etymology 2
From Old Norseleiðr.
Adjective
lei (masculine and femininelei, neuterleitt, definite singular and pluralleie, comparativeleiare, indefinite superlativeleiast, definite superlativeleiaste)