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lieu

/ljø/

noun, masculine/ljø/plural: lieux

place; locus (set of all points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions); outhouse, toilet

Synonyms: endroit, place, anus mundi, bécosses, bouteilles, buen-retiro, cabane, cabane à caca

Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

noun, masculine/ljø/plural: lieus

any of several fish from the Pollachius family

Related: lieu d'Alaska, lieu de Norvège, lieu jaune, lieu noir

Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.