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Definitions and meaning of leve

leve

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleːʋə], [ˈleːʊ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, and English live.

Verb

leve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)

1. to live, be alive
2. to live off or live on
3. to still exist (not extinct or abolished)

   Synonym: eksistere

4. to appear present and lively

Conjugation

Related terms

Etymology 2

A nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).

Noun

leve n (uninflected)

1. cheers

Derived terms

• leveråb

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

leve c

1. indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)

References

• “leve” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːvə

Verb

leve

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leven

Usage notes

Commonly used. Not archaic.

Anagrams

• veel, vele

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lebeh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleʋeˣ/, [ˈle̞ʋe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eʋe
• Syllabification^(key): le‧ve
• Hyphenation^(key): le‧ve

Noun

leve

1. (dialectal, chiefly Eastern Finnish) synonym of hahtuva
2. synonym of lapo (“rakeful of hay”)

Declension

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

Adjective

leve m or f (plural leves)

1. light (of low weight; not heavy)

   Synonym: livián

2. gentle, light (having little force)

Derived terms

• levemente

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leve

1. inflection of levar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “leve”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leve/

Verb

leve

1. to rise
2. to raise

Hungarian

Etymology

From the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛvɛ]
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

Noun

leve

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lé

Declension

Derived terms

• olcsó húsnak híg a leve

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːvə/

Verb

leve

1. to live

Related terms

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lebeh. Cognates include Finnish leve and dialectal Estonian leve.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋe/, [ˈlʲe̞ʋe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋe/, [ˈle̞ʋe̞]
• Rhymes: -eʋe
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

Noun

leve

1. fluff
2. lock of hair

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Hyphenation: lè‧ve

Noun

leve f

1. plural of leva

Anagrams

• vele

Latin

Etymology 1

Adjective

leve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of levis

Etymology 2

Noun

lēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension

1. smoothness

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

Adjective

lēve

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lēvis

References

• "leve", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• laeve, leëve (Veldeke spelling)
• léëve (Eupen spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæː˨.və/
• (East Limburgish-Ripuarian) IPA^(key): /ˈleə̯˨.və/
• Rhymes: -æːvə, -eə̯və

Verb

leve (third-person singular present levt, preterite levde, past participle gelevt) (German-based spelling)

1. (intransitive) to live, to be alive
2. (intransitive) to dwell, to reside
3. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to occupy a place
4. (intransitive, hyperbolic, with met) to cope with, to live with, to deal with

Middle Dutch

Verb

lēve

1. inflection of lēven:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

Middle English

Etymology 1

Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).

Noun

leve (plural leves)

1. leave

References

• “lēve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

leve

1. alternative form of leef

Etymology 3

Noun

leve

1. alternative form of love (“remainder”)

Etymology 4

Verb

leve

1. alternative form of leven

Etymology 5

Verb

leve

1. alternative form of lyven

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Swedish leva, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

Verb

leve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde or levet, past participle levd or levet, present participle levende)

1. to live

Derived terms

References

• “leve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lifa.

Verb

leve (present tense lever, past tense levde, supine levd or levt, past participle levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)

1. alternative form of leva
2. optative of leva

Etymology 2

Specialised from the optative use of leva.

Noun

leve n

1. an exclamation of "leve!"
2. (by extension) a wish for a good and long life

References

• “leve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• leue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛβe/
• Rhymes: -ɛβe
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- + *-us. Doublet of lheu.

Cognate with Old Spanish lieve.

Adjective

leve m or f (plural leves)

1. light (of low weight)

   Synonyms: ligeyro, livião

2. (derogatory) idiot; stupid

Descendants

Descendants

• Galician: leve
• Portuguese: leve

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leve

1. inflection of levar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “leve”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “leve”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “leve”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛvi, -ɛvɨ
• Hyphenation: le‧ve

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Doublet of léu.

Adjective

leve m or f (plural leves, comparable, comparative mais leve, superlative o mais leve or levíssimo, diminutive levinho)

1. light (of low weight; not heavy)

   Synonym: ligeiro

2. gentle, light (having little force)

   Synonym: suave

Derived terms

• levemente

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leve

1. inflection of levar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

San Juan Colorado Mixtec

Etymology

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

Noun

levé

1. white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa)

   Synonyms: coo iñi, coñi

References

• Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

leve

1. inflection of levi:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin levem, probably a borrowing in this form, as it was often used primarily in learned or literary contexts. However, the older form lieve, which it replaced, was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlebe/ [ˈle.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ebe
• Syllabification: le‧ve

Adjective

leve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)

1. mild, slight, light
2. minor, trivial

Related terms

Further reading

• “leve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Verb

leve

1. inflection of levar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

References

Swedish

Noun

leve n

1. a (proposed) cheer

   Synonym: (possibly regional) leverne

Declension

See also

• utbringa

Verb

leve

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of leva; used to express one's wish that someone or something may live long, mostly at celebration ceremonies, primarily birthday celebrations

Usage notes

One of few Swedish subjunctives still in common use.

References

• leve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• leve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• leve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• elev

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