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Borrowed from French lieu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”).
lieu (uncountable)
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”).
lieu m (plural lieux)
- → English: lieu
Inherited from Middle French lief, from Old Norse lýr, lýrr, from Proto-Germanic *liuhizaz. Cognate with Norwegian lyr.
lieu m (plural lieus)
- any of several fish from the Pollachius family
- “lieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
From Old French leu.
lieu m (plural lieux or lieus)
- French: lieu
Borrowed from Old Norse lýðrr.
lieu m (plural lieus)
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