"levée" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: levées [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} levée (plural levées)
  1. Obsolete spelling of levee Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: levee
    Sense id: en-levée-en-noun-uQajJqnG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for levée meaning in English (1.2kB)

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