"lei" meaning in English

See lei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /leɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lei.wav Forms: leis [plural]
enPR: lā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Hawaiian lei. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|haw|lei}} Hawaiian lei Head templates: {{en-noun}} lei (plural leis)
  1. A garland of flowers in Hawaii. Categories (place): Hawaii, USA Derived forms: haku lei, Lei Day Translations (garland of flowers in Hawaii): havaja kolĉeno (Esperanto), lei (Finnish), lei (Hawaiian), ле́и (léi) [neuter] (Russian), лей (lej) [masculine] (Russian), ley (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-lei-en-noun-g4D4Rpsh Disambiguation of Hawaii, USA: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /leɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lei.wav
enPR: lā Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Romanian lei. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ro|lei}} Romanian lei Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} lei
  1. plural of leu Tags: form-of, plural Form of: leu
    Sense id: en-lei-en-noun-tlW3oymO Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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