lieve

== English == === Adjective === lieve (archaic) Alternative form of lief. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === lieve inflection of lief: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive === Anagrams === veile, viele, vleie == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *leebek (compare Veps ĺebe), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian klēpis (“lap”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlie̯ʋeˣ/, [ˈlie̞̯ʋe̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -ieʋe Syllabification(key): lie‧ve Hyphenation(key): lie‧ve === Noun === lieve hem, skirt (the lower edge of a garment) hem (rim or margin of something) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “lieve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === Leevi == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈliːvə/ === Verb === lieve to love ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “lieve”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin levem (“light (not heavy)”), from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”), from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈljɛ.ve/, /ˈlje.ve/ Rhymes: -ɛve, -eve Hyphenation: liè‧ve, lié‧ve === Adjective === lieve m or f by sense (plural lievi, superlative lievissimo or levissimo) light Synonym: leggero light, delicate, gentle Synonyms: leggero, delicato slight, minor Synonyms: leggero, minore mild (punishment, sentence) Synonym: leggero ==== Derived terms ==== lievemente lievità === References === === Anagrams === elevi, velie == Old French == === Verb === lieve inflection of lever: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin levem. See leve. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈljebe/ [ˈlje.β̞e] Rhymes: -ebe Syllabification: lie‧ve === Adjective === lieve m or f (masculine and feminine plural lieves) (obsolete) synonym of leve (“light, slight”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “lieve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025