ler

See also: LER, lèr, lêr, and -ler

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leːr/, [leːˀɐ̯], [leɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leir.

Noun

ler n (singular definite leret, not used in plural form)

  1. clay
See also

Etymology 2

See le (to laugh).

Verb

ler

  1. present of le

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb

ler (first-person singular present leo, first-person singular preterite lin, past participle lido)

  1. to read

Conjugation


Mirandese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin legere.

Verb

ler

  1. to read

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Verb

ler

  1. present of le

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ler

  1. present of le

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • lez (likely a misspelling)

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from Proto-Celtic *liros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɾ/

Noun

ler m

  1. sea, beach, shore

Usage notes

  • Do not confuse with leer (to read).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō (I read), from Proto-Italic *legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

ler (first-person singular present indicative leio, past participle lido)

  1. to read (to look at and interpret written information)
  2. to read (to speak aloud written information)

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ler.

Derived terms


Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

ler

  1. (Puter) to read
Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) liger

Etymology 2

Verb

ler

  1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vuler

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German leer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêːr/
  • Hyphenation: ler

Noun

lȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑р)

  1. (regional, automotive) neutral

Declension

References

  • ler” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

ler c

  1. clay; Contraction of lera., in the expression ler och långhalm

Verb

ler

  1. present tense of le.
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