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4-letter words (2 found)

LIEN,LINE,

3-letter words (5 found)

LEI,LIE,LIN,NIE,NIL,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,EN,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of lien

lien

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (a bond), from ligō (tie, bind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːn/, /ˈliːən/
  • Rhymes: -iːn, -iːən
  • Homophone: lean (IPA(key): /liːn/)

Noun

lien (plural liens)

  1. (obsolete) A tendon.
  2. (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • lyen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪən

Verb

lien

  1. (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin liēn (spleen). Doublet of spleen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.in/, /ˈlaɪ.ən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪin, -aɪən

Noun

lien (plural lienes)

  1. (uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.
    Synonym: milt
    • 1914, Quain's Elements of Anatomy, volume 1, page 312:
      The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, [...]
Related terms
  • lienal
  • lienic
  • lieno-

Further reading

  • lien on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • LEIN, LINE, Line, Neil, Niel, Nile, line

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliːɛn]

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish lyen, from Proto-Brythonic *lleɣenn, from Latin legendum. Cognate with Welsh llên.

Noun

lien m (plural liennow)

  1. literature

Etymology 2

Possibly from Latin līnum. Cognate with Welsh lliain.

Noun

lien m (plural lienyow)

  1. linen cloth
  2. kerchief

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French lien, from Old French lien, liem, from Latin ligāmen (bond), from ligō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ljɛ̃/

Noun

lien m (plural liens)

  1. link

Derived terms

  • lien mort

Related terms

  • lier
  • relier

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin liēn.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈliɛn/ [ˈli.ɛn]
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • Syllabification: li‧en

Noun

lien (plural lien-lien)

  1. (anatomy, technical) spleen
    Synonyms: kura, limpa
    Kista pada lien dibagi menjadi dua yaitu kista primer dan kista sekunder.(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Pengukuran densitas lien dilakukan pada CT abdomen sebelum dan sesudah pemberian bahan kontras.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

  • “lien” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • liēnis m

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European, reflecting a form *(s)li(ǵʰ)-ēn-, from the root *spelǵʰ- (spleen), heavily distorted in all of its descendants, likely for tabooistic reasons, making the exact original PIE form hard to pin down. The newly introduced -i- is seemingly also found in the Sanskrit cognate प्लीहन् (plīhán), the fall of *-h- < *-ǵʰ- is also observed in Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), while the loss of *-p- is also visible in Proto-Slavic *selzenь.

Other cognates include Middle Irish selg, Lithuanian blužnis, Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥- (spərəzan-). Doublet of splēn.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈli.eːn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.en]

Noun

liēn m (genitive liēnis); third declension

  1. spleen

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: lien, lieno-; lienal, lienic
  • Esperanto: lieno
  • Indonesian: lien
  • Romanian: lien

References

Further reading

  • lien”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lien in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Verb

lien

  1. inflection of līst:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of līst
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of līst

Livonian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Finnic *laihna, from a Germanic borrowing. Related to Finnish lainata. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

lien

  1. (Salaca) give a loan

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *līan, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

Verb

liën

  1. (transitive) to admit
  2. (transitive) to acknowledge, to be convinced
  3. (transitive) to declare
  4. (intransitive) to assent
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch līan, from Proto-West Germanic *līhwan, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ-.

Verb

liën

  1. (eastern) to lend
Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “liën (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “liën (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page liën
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “liën (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page liën

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną.

Alternative forms

  • lie, li, lin, ligh, liȝ, liȝe, liȝen, lig, lige, ligen, liken, likken, liȝȝe, ligge, liggen, luggen
  • licgen, liȝge (Early Middle English)

Verb

lien (third-person singular simple present lith, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative leie, past participle leien)

  1. to lie (be in a horizontal position)
Descendants
  • English: lie, lig
  • Scots: lie
  • Yola: lee, lidge

References

  • “līen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

  • From Old English lēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą.

    Verb

    lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative legh, past participle louen)

    1. to lie (tell a falsehood)
    Alternative forms
    • li, lie, lin, lighe, lighen, lige, ligen, liȝe, liȝen, liegh, lieȝe, lieȝen, le, lee, lei, leie, leghen, legen, leȝe, leȝen, leiȝe, leiȝen
    • lih, lihe, lihen, leȝen, leoȝen, leioȝen, luȝen (Early Middle English)
    Descendants
    • English: lie
    • Scots: lee
    • Yola: liest (sg.2)

    References

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

    Etymology 3

    From Old French lier, liier (to tie up, connect), from Latin ligāre (to tie, bind).

    Verb

    lien (third-person singular simple present lieth, present participle liende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle liidaccel-form=1//3|s|past|ind) (cooking)

    1. to thicken (a soup, etc.) by mixing
    2. to bind (ground meat, etc. with eggs, sauce, etc.)
    3. to coat (something with sauce, etc.)
    Alternative forms
    • li, lie
    Descendants
    • English: lye

    References

    • “līen, v.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

    Etymology 4

    From Middle French lien (tie, strap), from Latin ligāmen (bandage, band, tie).

    Noun

    lien (plural liens)

    1. bond, fetter
    Alternative forms
    • lieine, leine
    Descendants
    • English: lien

    References

    • “līen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

    Etymology 5

    Noun

    lien

    1. alternative form of len

    Middle French

    Alternative forms

    • lyen

    Etymology

    From Old French lien.

    Noun

    lien m (plural liens)

    1. tie (object used to bind or tie); strap
    2. (by extension) link (association)

    Descendants

    • French: lien
    • Middle English: lien
      • English: lien

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    • lïen (diareses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

    Etymology

    From Latin ligāmen.

    Noun

    lien oblique singularm (oblique plural liens, nominative singular liens, nominative plural lien)

    1. tie; strap

    Descendants

    • Middle French: lien, lyen
      • French: lien
      • Middle English: lien
        • English: lien

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Latin liēn. Doublet of spleen and splină.

    Noun

    lien n (plural lienuri)

    1. spleen
      Synonym: splină

    Declension

    Swedish

    Noun

    lien

    1. definite singular of lie

    Anagrams

    • Elin, ilen

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