"lieu" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ljø/ Audio: Fr-lieu.ogg Forms: lieux [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|lieu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French lieu, {{inh+|fr|frm|lieu}} Inherited from Middle French lieu, {{inh|fr|fro|leu}} Old French leu, {{inh|fr|la|locus|locum}} Latin locum, {{inh|fr|itc-ola|stlocus}} Old Latin stlocus, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*stel-||to put, place, locate}} Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|x}} lieu m (plural lieux)
  1. place Tags: masculine Synonyms: endroit, place Related terms: louer, loyer, location
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ljø/ Audio: Fr-lieu.ogg Forms: lieus [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|lief|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French lief, {{inh+|fr|frm|lief}} Inherited from Middle French lief, {{der|fr|non|lýr}} Old Norse lýr, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*liuhizaz}} Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz, {{cog|no|lyr}} Norwegian lyr Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} lieu m (plural lieus)
  1. any of several fish from the Pollachius family Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Gadiforms Derived forms: lieu d’Alaska, lieu de Norvège, lieu jaune, lieu noir
    Sense id: en-lieu-fr-noun-XYoVI8bI Disambiguation of Gadiforms: 2 98 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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