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Is lei a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lei is a Scrabble US word. The word lei is worth 3 points in Scrabble:

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Is lei a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lei is a Scrabble UK word and has 3 points:

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3-letter words (2 found)

LEI,LIE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EL,LI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from lei according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lei

lei

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lā, IPA(key): /leɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
  • Homophones: lay, ley

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian lei.

Noun

lei (plural leis)

  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • Lei (Hawaii) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Romanian lei.

Noun

lei

  1. plural of leu

Anagrams

  • EIL, lie, ile-, Eli, Lie, LIE, Ile, -lie, -ile, %ile, ELI, ile

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lə̟i̯]
  • Homophone: ly

Etymology 1

From Dutch leiden, from Middle Dutch leiden, from Old Dutch leiden, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną.

Verb

lei (present lei, present participle leidende or leiende, past participle gelei)

  1. to lead
Derived terms
  • leier

Etymology 2

From Dutch lei, from Middle Dutch leye, probably from Celtic and ultimately from a substrate language.

Noun

lei (uncountable)

  1. slate (stone)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lei̯/ [lei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei̯
  • Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lei inan

  1. ice, frost

Declension

Further reading

  • “lei”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “lei”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

Alternative forms

  • lai

Adverb

lei

  1. (Austria, Tyrol) only, just

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

  • (Morvan) leu

Etymology

From Latin locus.

Noun

lei m (plural leis)

  1. place

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯
  • IPA(key): /lɛi/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).

Noun

lei f (plural leien, diminutive leitje n)

  1. (uncountable) slate (material)
  2. (countable) slate (object)
Derived terms
  • leien
  • leisteen
  • met een schone lei herbeginnen
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: lei (dated)
See also
  • -lei
  • griffel

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch leide, with the same development as in zeggen > zei.

Verb

lei

  1. (archaic) singular past indicative of leggen

Anagrams

  • iel

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯/, [ˈle̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Syllabification(key): lei
  • Hyphenation(key): lei

Etymology 1

From Hawaiian lei.

Noun

lei

  1. lei (Hawaiian garland of flowers)
Declension

See also

  • kukkaseppele

Further reading

  • “lei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From Romanian lei.

Noun

lei (nonstandard, obsolete)

  1. leu (unit of currency of Romania and Moldova)
Declension
Synonyms
  • (unit of currency): leu

Anagrams

  • eli, lie

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin legere.

Verb

lei (past participle let)

  1. to read

Related terms

  • letôr
  • leture
  • lezion

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lei/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lex, lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

  1. law (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. religion, credence, worship of a god
Related terms
  • leal

Etymology 2

Noun

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlei̯/, [ˈlɛj]

Noun

lei (ka)

  1. lei, a wreath of flowers or leaves
  2. necklace
  3. (by extension) child, carried on the shoulders like a lei

Derived terms

  • lei o manō

Descendants

  • → English: lei

Verb

lei

  1. to leap

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illaei.

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): /ˈlɛ.i/
  • Homophone: Lei
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Hyphenation: lè‧i

Pronoun

lei f (plural loro, masculine lui)

  1. she
    Synonym: ella
  2. her
  3. it
    • 1320, Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy, Amadeo Augusto Lange (1788), page 161:
    • ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 228:
    • ca. 1349-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Tipografia della Società Belgica (1841), page 512:

Synonyms

  • essa

Related terms

  • colei

Pronoun

lei sg

  1. (formal, polite) you
    Synonym: (uncommon) voi

Alternative forms

  • Lei

Derived terms

  • a lei
  • dare del lei

See also

References

Anagrams

  • -ile, eli

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯/

Verb

lei

  1. second-person singular imperative of leien

Mandarin

Romanization

lei (lei5 / lei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄟ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘞

lei

  1. nonstandard spelling of lēi
  2. nonstandard spelling of léi
  3. nonstandard spelling of lěi
  4. nonstandard spelling of lèi

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlej/

Verb

lei

  1. third-person singular past indicative of leat

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /læɪ̯/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leit, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiere, indefinite superlative leiest, definite superlative leieste)

  1. uncomfortable, bothersome
  2. bored, tired
  3. sad, unfortunate

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leið.

Noun

lei f or m (definite singular leia or leien, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. direction
  2. distance

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • led (of lide)

Verb

lei

  1. simple past of lide
  2. imperative of leie

References

  • “lei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛɪː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leið.

Noun

lei f (definite singular leia, indefinite plural leier, definite plural leiene)

  1. (maritime) route, sea route (a route, mostly along a coastline or between islands, that is safe to sail)
  2. direction

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leiðr.

Adjective

lei (masculine and feminine lei, neuter leitt, definite singular and plural leie, comparative leiare, indefinite superlative leiast, definite superlative leiaste)

  1. tired, fed up, bored
  2. awkward, uncomfortable
Declension

lei seg

  1. sad

Etymology 3

Verb

lei

  1. imperative of leie

Etymology 4

Verb

lei

  1. past of li

References

  • “lei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

Article

lei m pl or f pl

  1. (Provençal) plural of lo

Old French

Alternative forms

  • lai
  • loi
  • leye
  • laye

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lei oblique singular, f (oblique plural lez, nominative singular lei, nominative plural lez)

  1. a law

Related terms

  • leal

Descendants

  • Middle French: loy
    • French: loi
      • ⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa
      • → Moore: laloa
  • Norman: louai

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • ley (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lei, ley, from earlier lee, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

Cognate with Galician lei, Spanish ley, Catalan llei, Occitan lei, French loi, Italian legge and Romanian lege.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lei f (plural leis)

  1. law
    • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 1st canto:

Related terms

  • leal
  • legal
  • legítimo
  • lídimo

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lej/

Noun

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • leze

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ley, from Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lei

  1. (Campidanese) law

Scots

Verb

lei (third-person singular simple present leis, present participle leiin, simple past leid, past participle leid)

  1. (Southern Scots) Alternative form of lee.

Spanish

Noun

lei m pl

  1. plural of leu

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lay. Cognates include Burmese လျှာ (hlya) and Tibetan ལྕེ (lce).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə̄j/
  • Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lei

  1. tongue

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-lis. Cognates include Burmese မြေ (mre) and Tibetan གལྱི (glyi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə́j/
  • Hyphenation: lei

Noun

léi

  1. earth
  2. land
  3. ground, soil

Etymology 3

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lay, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-lay. Cognates include Burmese လှေကား (hleka:, “ladder”) and Chinese 梯 (tī, “ladder”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə̀j/
  • Hyphenation: lei

Noun

lèi

  1. bridge

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62

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