"legier" meaning in Old French

See legier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /leˈd͡ʒjeːɾ/
Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|inh|la-vul>*leviārius>light|id=light}}, {{inh|fro|VL.|*leviārius}} Vulgar Latin *leviārius, {{af|la|*levius|-ārius|nocat=1}} *levius + -ārius, {{der|fro|la|levis||lightweight}} Latin levis (“lightweight”), {{cog|ca|lleuger}} Catalan lleuger, {{cog|oc|leugièr}} Occitan leugièr Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective|oblique and nominative feminine singular|legiere|||||||g=m|head=}} legier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular legiere), {{fro-adj}} legier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular legiere) Forms: legiere [feminine, nominative, oblique, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], legiers [masculine, singular, subjective], legiere [feminine, singular, subjective], legier [neuter, singular, subjective], legier [masculine, oblique, singular], legiere [feminine, oblique, singular], legier [neuter, oblique, singular], legiere [oblique, singular], legier [oblique, singular], legier [masculine, plural, subjective], legieres [feminine, plural, subjective], legier [neuter, plural, subjective], legier [plural, subjective], legiers [masculine, oblique, plural], legieres [feminine, oblique, plural], legier [neuter, oblique, plural], legieres [oblique, plural], legier [oblique, plural]
  1. light (not heavy) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-legier-fro-adj-WlI0zBpq
  2. slight (not much, not a lot) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-legier-fro-adj-n3NqdUAz
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Inherited:"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "frm",
            "2": "legier"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: legier\nFrench: léger\nLouisiana Creole: léjé\n→ Ido: lejera\n→ Romanian: lejer",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: legier\nFrench: léger\nLouisiana Creole: léjé\n→ Ido: lejera\n→ Romanian: lejer"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "ligi"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: ligi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: ligi"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "ledjir"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: ledjir",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: ledjir"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "leggiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: leggiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: leggiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "lizêr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: lizêr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: lizêr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
            "2": "liziera",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Istriot: liziera",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Istriot: liziera"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "leggero",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: leggero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: leggero"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "lesier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ladin: lesier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ladin: lesier"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "ligeyro",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: ligeyro, legeiro, ligeiro\nFala: ligeiru\nGalician: lixeiro\nPortuguese: ligeiro",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Galician-Portuguese: ligeyro, legeiro, ligeiro\nFala: ligeiru\nGalician: lixeiro\nPortuguese: ligeiro"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "liger",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: liger",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: liger"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ligero",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: ligero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: ligero"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "lixiero",
            "3": "ƚixièro",
            "4": "liđier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Venetan: lixiero, ƚixièro, liđier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Venetan: lixiero, ƚixièro, liđier"
    }
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        "1": "la",
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        "nocat": "1"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "levis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lightweight"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin levis (“lightweight”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "lleuger"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan lleuger",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oc",
        "2": "leugièr"
      },
      "expansion": "Occitan leugièr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "legiere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legiers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "legiere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
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      "form": "legieres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "legiers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "legieres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legieres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "10": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "g": "m",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "legier m (oblique and nominative feminine singular legiere)",
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "light (not heavy)"
      ],
      "id": "en-legier-fro-adj-WlI0zBpq",
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          "light"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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        "slight (not much, not a lot)"
      ],
      "id": "en-legier-fro-adj-n3NqdUAz",
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          "slight",
          "slight"
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈd͡ʒjeːɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legier"
}
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    "Old French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ-",
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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      "text": "Borrowed:"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ist",
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "leggero",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: leggero",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: leggero"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "lesier",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    },
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "1": "es",
            "2": "ligero",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Spanish: ligero"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "ca",
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        "nominative",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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        "table-tags"
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        "singular",
        "subjective"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "subjective"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "neuter",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "legier",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "light (not heavy)"
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        "masculine"
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leˈd͡ʒjeːɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legier"
}

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