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lever

/lə.ve/

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verb/lə.ve/

to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift

Le Soleil se lève à l'est et se couche à l'ouest.The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

Antonyms: baisser, s'abaisser, se coucher, s'allonger

Inherited from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levāre (“to lift; to lighten, relieve”), from levis (“light, not heavy”).

noun, masculine/lə.ve/plural: levers

the act of getting up in the morning

Inherited from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levāre (“to lift; to lighten, relieve”), from levis (“light, not heavy”).