"lẽ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Muong]

IPA: /lɛ⁴/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mtq|vi|lẽ}} Borrowed from Vietnamese lẽ Head templates: {{head|mtq|noun|head=|sc=Latn|sort=|tr=}} lẽ, {{mtq-noun}} lẽ
  1. reason; rationale; argument Derived forms: lẽ phái, lẽ tha, lẽ tlời, lỉ lẽ
    Sense id: en-lẽ-mtq-noun-QtihKBb6 Categories (other): Muong entries with incorrect language header, Muong terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 33 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 1

Adjective [Vietnamese]

IPA: [lɛ˦ˀ˥] [Hà-Nội], [lɛ˧˨] [Huế], [lɛ˨˩˦] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lẽ.wav Forms: 𥙪 [CJK], 𥛭 [CJK]
Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=𥙪, 𥛭}} lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭), {{vi-adj|𥙪, 𥛭}} lẽ • (𥙪, 𥛭)
  1. Short for vợ lẽ (“second wife; concubine”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: vợ lẽ (extra: second wife; concubine) Derived forms: làm lẽ, lẽ mọn Coordinate_terms: vợ cả
    Sense id: en-lẽ-vi-adj-5fCcTXlR Categories (other): Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 1 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Vietnamese]

IPA: [lɛ˦ˀ˥] [Hà-Nội], [lɛ˧˨] [Huế], [lɛ˨˩˦] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lẽ.wav Forms: 𨤧 [CJK], [CJK], 𠲥 [CJK], nhẽ [alternative]
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí). From Middle Vietnamese mlẽ, which was borrowed from a Sinitic form predating Middle Chinese and preserving the complex onset. Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|理}}, {{der|vi|zh|理//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">lí</i>|t=reason|tr=-}} Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí), {{vi-etym-sino|理|reason|lí|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 理 (“reason”, SV: lí), {{inh|vi|mkh-mvi|mlẽ}} Middle Vietnamese mlẽ Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=𨤧, 理, 𠲥}} lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥), {{vi-noun|𨤧, 理, 𠲥}} lẽ • (𨤧, 理, 𠲥)
  1. reason; rationale; argument Derived forms: chẳng lẽ, có lẽ, đáng lẽ, hết lẽ, lẽ nào, lẽ phải, lẽ ra, lí lẽ, lời lẽ, vỡ lẽ
    Sense id: en-lẽ-vi-noun-QtihKBb6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɛ˧˨]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lɛ˨˩˦]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-lẽ.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Penn_Zero_MSSJ-l%E1%BA%BD.wav/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Penn_Zero_MSSJ-l%E1%BA%BD.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Penn_Zero_MSSJ-l%E1%BA%BD.wav/LL-Q9199_%28vie%29-Penn_Zero_MSSJ-l%E1%BA%BD.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lẽ"
}

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