different between dota vs league

Catalan

Verb

dota

1. third-person singular present indicative form of dotar
2. second-person singular imperative form of dotar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.ta/

Verb

dota

1. third-person singular past historic of doter

Italian

Verb

dota

1. third-person singular present of dotare
2. second-person singular imperative of dotare

Anagrams

• dato, datò

Ladino

Noun

dota f (Latin spelling)

1. dowry consisting of money and/or estate

Latin

Verb

d?t?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of d?t?

References

• dota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Participle

dota

1. genitive singular masculine form of dots
2. nominative singular feminine form of dots

Portuguese

Verb

dota

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of dotar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of dotar

Spanish

Verb

dota

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dotar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dotar.

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian dote

Noun

dota f (plural dote)

1. dowry
2. gift (for), talent (for)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Etymology 1

From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin lig? (“I tie”).

Noun

league (plural leagues)

1. A group or association of cooperating members.
   • 1668, John Denham, The Passion of Dido for Aeneas

     And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.

2. (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.

3. (informal, rugby) Ellipsis of rugby league

4. (often in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.

5. A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: ?).

Derived terms

Related terms

• ally
• alliance

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (r?gu)
• ? Korean: ?? (rigeu)

Translations

Verb

league (third-person singular simple present leagues, present participle leaguing, simple past and past participle leagued)

1. To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lewg? (compare Middle Breton leau, Welsh lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)).

Noun

league (plural leagues)

1. (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
   • 1751-1753, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47

     Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “league”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Middle English Dictionary, lege