different between linge vs liage

English

Etymology

From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijan? (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.

Verb

linge (third-person singular simple present linges, present participle linging, simple past and past participle linged)

1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To work hard.

Related terms

• lingy

Anagrams

• Elgin, Elgin., Eling, Ingle, Nigel, ingle

French

Etymology

From a substantivation of Old French linge, from Latin l?neus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l???/

Noun

linge m (plural linges)

1. linen
2. cloth
3. laundry
4. (Switzerland) towel
5. (Quebec, invariable) clothing

Derived terms

• blanc comme un linge
• sèche-linge (“tumble drier”)
• corde à linge (“clothesline”)
• laver son linge sale en public
• linge de corps
• lingerie (“linen room, lingerie”)

Related terms

• ligne

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ligne, ligné

Irish

Verb

linge

1. present subjunctive analytic of ling

Latin

Verb

linge

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

Occitan

Noun

linge m (plural linges)

1. laundry

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lingere, present active infinitive of ling?, from Proto-Indo-European *ley??-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lind?e]

Verb

a linge (third-person singular present linge, past participle lins) 3rd conj.

1. (transitive) to lick

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ling?ri
• ling?u
• lingu?i
• lingere
• prelinge

English

Etymology

Compare Old French liage (“a bond”). See liable.

Noun

liage

1. (obsolete) Union by league; alliance.

Anagrams

• Eliga, agile

Middle English

Noun

liage

1. Alternative form of lege (“liege”)

Adjective

liage

1. Alternative form of lege (adjective)

Old French

Etymology

lier +? -age.

Noun

liage m (oblique plural liages, nominative singular liages, nominative plural liage)

1. link; tie; bond (something used to link two or more things together)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (liage)