different between lege vs luge

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?d?/

Etymology 1

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Verb

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
   • 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms

     Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.

   • c. 1360, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love

     To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie.

Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

Alternative forms

• leg

Noun

lege (uncountable)

1. (Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

Anagrams

• Egle, glee

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj?/, [?l???]
• Homophone: leje

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikan? (“to jump, play”), cognate with Norwegian leike, leke, Swedish leka, Gothic ???????????????????????? (laikan).

Verb

lege (past tense legede, past participle leget)

1. to play
2. to spawn

Inflection

Usage notes

In compounds: "lege-".

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

lege c

1. indefinite plural of leg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???

Verb

lege

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of legen

Anagrams

• egel, geel, gele, leeg

German

Pronunciation

Verb

lege

1. inflection of legen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Interlingua

Noun

lege (plural leges)

1. law

Verb

lege

1. present of leger
2. imperative of leger

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lex, legem.

Noun

lege m (plural leges)

1. law

Related terms

• leal

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le.?e/, [??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.d??e/, [?l??d???]

Verb

lege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of leg?

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?.?e/, [???e???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.d??e/, [?l??d???]

Noun

l?ge

1. ablative singular of l?x

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin leuca, leuga, from Proto-Celtic *lewg?.

Alternative forms

• leege, liege, lewke, leuge, leke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???(?)/, /?l?u??(?)/, /?l??k(?)/

Noun

lege (plural leges)

2. league (unit of meaurement)

Descendants

• English: league

References

• “l?ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lige, liege; further etymology is disputed.

Alternative forms

• liege, leege, lyge, liage, legi, lyege, legge, leyge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?d?(?)/, /?li?d?(?)/

Noun

lege (plural leges or lege)

2. (One of) one's subjects or vassals; (one of) those under one's control.
3. A hireling or servant; one who is in another's service.
4. (rare) One's feudal overlords or superiors.

Related terms

• lege man
• ligeaunce

Descendants

• English: liege
• Scots: liege

References

• “l?ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Adjective

lege

1. Being able to command obedience from one's inferiors.
2. Tied by pledge to obey one's superiors; being subjected by an authority to duty.
3. (rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations.

Descendants

• English: liege

References

• “l???e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-26.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish læge

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le????/

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. a doctor

Synonyms

• doktor

Verb

lege (imperative leg, present tense leger, passive leges, simple past lega or leget or legte, past participle lega or leget or legt, present participle legende)

1. to heal, cure

Related terms

lækje (Bokmål)

Derived terms

References

• “lege” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Danish læge. Confer also lækjar, which is borrowed from Swedish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?.??/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

lege m (definite singular legen, indefinite plural legar, definite plural legane)

1. doctor (physician)

   Synonyms: dokter, lækjar

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lega.

Alternative forms

• lega, lego, legu, logo, lugu (all superseded and/or dialectal)

Noun

lege f (definite singular lega, indefinite plural leger, definite plural legene)

1. the act of lying (resting in a horizontal position)
2. a place where something lies, e.g. an animal

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Participle

lege

1. neuter singular of legen

Verb

lege

1. supine of liggje
2. supine of ligge

References

• “lege” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German legen, Dutch leggen, English lay.

Verb

lege

1. to lay
2. to put, to place

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?led??e/

Etymology 1

From Latin l?gem, accusative of l?x, from Proto-Italic *l?g-, from Proto-Indo-European *le?-s, from *le?- (“to gather”).

Noun

lege f (plural legi)

1. law
2. (archaic) religion, belief (in God or a divinity), credence

Declension

Synonyms

• (belief): religie, credin??

Related terms

• legal
• legitim

Etymology 2

Verb

lege

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of lega
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of lega

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French luge, from Franco-Provençal, from Late Latin sclodia, from Gaulish stludio, from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd?- (“slippery”).

Akin to English sled and English sleigh, Irish slaod (“raft, float”), Old Breton stloit (“traction, sliding”) (modern Breton stlej (“sleigh”)), and Welsh llithr (“slide, slippage”).

The drinking-utensil sense is so-called from its resemblance to the tracks on which luges race.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /lu??/
• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

luge (plural luges)

1. A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
2. The sport of racing on luges.
3. A piece of ice, bone or other material with a channel down which a (usually alcoholic) drink can be poured into someone's mouth.
   • 1999, Ronald S. Beitman, Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case:

     Alcohol was poured onto one end of the luge and as the alcohol traveled down the narrow grooves in the block of ice, it was cooled and then ran directly into the mouth of the waiting drinker on the other end.

   • 2010, Dan Wiederer, Blue Streak: The Highs, Lows and Behind the Scenes Hijinks of a National Champion (?ISBN), page 16:

     There was also a liquor luge – a giant block of ice, slanted at a 45-degree angle and carved with a convenient path for shots to be poured down and into the mouths of anyone who was thirsty.

   • 2013, Katie Johnstonbaugh, Food Lovers' Guide to® Oklahoma: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings, Rowman & Littlefield (?ISBN), page 5:

     From restaurant openings and closings to how to do a “Bone Marrow Luge,” you'll want to check him out for the latest on the gastronomic scene.

   • 2017, J. J. Goode, Helen Hollyman, Editors of Munchies, Munchies: Late-Night Eats from the World's Best Chefs, Clarkson Potter (?ISBN), page 70:

     For Junior that meant creative-Italian appetizing at Bestia (technically in the Arts District) and something called a bone luge, where a sommelier pours sherry down your gullet via a recently scraped cow femur.

Translations

Verb

luge (third-person singular simple present luges, present participle luging or lugeing, simple past and past participle luged)

1. (intransitive) To travel by luge; to ride a luge.

Translations

Anagrams

• Guel, UGLE, glue, gule

French

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal, from Late Latin sclodia, from Gaulish stludio, from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd?- (“slippery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly?/

Noun

luge f (countable and uncountable, plural luges)

1. (countable) luge (sled) (the sport of luge)
2. (uncountable) luge (sport) (the sport of luge); Ellipsis of luge de course
3. (countable) sledge, sled (course sur luge, hockey sur luge)

Synonyms

• (sport): luge de course

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: luge

Verb

luge

1. first-person singular present indicative of luger
2. third-person singular present indicative of luger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of luger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of luger
5. second-person singular imperative of luger

Further reading

• “luge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

l?g?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of l?ge?

Portuguese

Etymology

From English luge, from Switzerland French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu??/

Noun

luge m (plural luges)

1. (uncountable) luge (sport)
2. (countable) luge (sled used in the sport)

Spanish

Etymology

From English luge, from Switzerland French.

Noun

luge m (uncountable)

1. luge (sport)