loi

• IPA^(key): /loi/

loi

1. good

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

• IPA^(key): /ˈloi̯/, [ˈlo̞i̯]
• Hyphenation: loi
• Rhymes: -oi

loi

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of luoda.

• ilo, oli

From Middle French loy, from Old French loi, lei, from Latin lēgem, accusative singular of lēx, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /lwa/

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• Homophones: lois, loua, louas, louât

loi f (plural lois)

1. law (legal code)

   la loi de la France – the law in France, French law

2. law (scientific principle)

   la loi de Boyle – Boyle's law

• loi de la jungle
• loi du plus fort
• sans foi ni loi

• légal
• législatif
• législation
• légitime
• loyal

• ⇒ Haitian Creole: lalwa

• juridique
• jury

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

• lei (early Old French or northern dialects)

From earlier lei, from Latin lēgem, accusative singular of lēx.

loi f (oblique plural lois, nominative singular loi, nominative plural lois)

1. law
2. rule; regulation
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, De sainte Esglise:

     La loi que tu nous as aprise

     the law that you taught to us

• Middle French: loy
  • French: loi
• Norman: louai
• Walloon: lwè