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léger

/le.ʒe/

adjective/le.ʒe/

light (not heavy); slight (not much, not a lot)

Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.