"léger" meaning in All languages combined

See léger on Wiktionary

Adjective [French]

IPA: /le.ʒe/, /le.ʒe.ʁ‿/ Audio: Fr-léger.ogg Forms: légère [feminine], légers [masculine, plural], légères [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -e Etymology: Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|legier|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French legier, {{inh+|fr|fro|legier}} Inherited from Old French legier, {{inh|fr|VL.|*leviārius}} Vulgar Latin *leviārius, {{af|la|*levius|-ārius|nocat=1}} *levius + -ārius, {{der|fr|la|levis||lightweight}} Latin levis (“lightweight”), {{cog|ca|lleuger}} Catalan lleuger, {{cog|oc|leugièr}} Occitan leugièr Head templates: {{fr-adj}} léger (feminine légère, masculine plural légers, feminine plural légères)
  1. light (not heavy)
    Sense id: en-léger-fr-adj-WlI0zBpq
  2. slight (not much, not a lot)
    Sense id: en-léger-fr-adj-n3NqdUAz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: liège
Derived forms: à la légère, aller d’un pied léger, avoir la cuisse légère, avoir la main légère, chevau-léger, être légère de la cuisse, femme légère, hyperléger, léger comme une plume, léger de main, légèrement, légèreté, métro léger, poids léger, processus léger, superléger, train léger, ULM, ultraléger, véhicule sanitaire léger, verbe léger

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lourd"
    },
    {
      "word": "massif"
    },
    {
      "word": "pesant"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "à la légère"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "aller d’un pied léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "avoir la cuisse légère"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "avoir la main légère"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chevau-léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "être légère de la cuisse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "femme légère"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hyperléger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "léger comme une plume"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "léger de main"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "légèrement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "légèreté"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "métro léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "poids léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "processus léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "superléger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "train léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ULM"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ultraléger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "véhicule sanitaire léger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verbe léger"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "léjé"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: léjé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: léjé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "lejera",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: lejera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: lejera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ligeiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "lejer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: lejer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: lejer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "legier",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French legier",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "legier"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French legier",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*leviārius"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *leviārius",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*levius",
        "3": "-ārius",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "*levius + -ārius",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "levis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lightweight"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin levis (“lightweight”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "lleuger"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan lleuger",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "leugièr"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan leugièr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "légère",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "légers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "légères",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "léger (feminine légère, masculine plural légers, feminine plural légères)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "liège"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "light (not heavy)"
      ],
      "id": "en-léger-fr-adj-WlI0zBpq",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slight (not much, not a lot)"
      ],
      "id": "en-léger-fr-adj-n3NqdUAz",
      "links": [
        [
          "slight",
          "slight"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʒe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʒe.ʁ‿/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-léger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "word": "léger"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lourd"
    },
    {
      "word": "massif"
    },
    {
      "word": "pesant"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/e",
    "Rhymes:French/e/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "à la légère"
    },
    {
      "word": "aller d’un pied léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir la cuisse légère"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir la main légère"
    },
    {
      "word": "chevau-léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "être légère de la cuisse"
    },
    {
      "word": "femme légère"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperléger"
    },
    {
      "word": "léger comme une plume"
    },
    {
      "word": "léger de main"
    },
    {
      "word": "légèrement"
    },
    {
      "word": "légèreté"
    },
    {
      "word": "métro léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "poids léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "processus léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "superléger"
    },
    {
      "word": "train léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "ULM"
    },
    {
      "word": "ultraléger"
    },
    {
      "word": "véhicule sanitaire léger"
    },
    {
      "word": "verbe léger"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "léjé"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: léjé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: léjé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "lejera",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: lejera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: lejera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ligeiro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: ligeiro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "lejer",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: lejer",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: lejer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "legier",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old French legier",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "legier"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Old French legier",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*leviārius"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *leviārius",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "*levius",
        "3": "-ārius",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "*levius + -ārius",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "levis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lightweight"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin levis (“lightweight”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "lleuger"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan lleuger",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "leugièr"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan leugièr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "légère",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "légers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "légères",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "léger (feminine légère, masculine plural légers, feminine plural légères)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "liège"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "light (not heavy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "slight (not much, not a lot)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slight",
          "slight"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʒe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/le.ʒe.ʁ‿/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-léger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Fr-l%C3%A9ger.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e"
    }
  ],
  "word": "léger"
}

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