lee

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
2. The side of the ship away from the wind.
3. A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
4. Calm, peace.

Adj

Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Sinonieme

leeward

shelter

lee side

downwind

leeward side

hide

leeside

to leeward

lee face

abode

sheltered side

defence

protection

recourse

refuge

resort

Vertalings

sotavento

Lee

lij

sottovento

lijzijde

abrigo

luwte

Schutz

sotavent

côté sous le vent

Windschatten

côté

boca

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/liː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lee

Geërf van Old English: hlēo

Verwante met Duits: Lee

Verwante met Sweeds: lä

Verwante met Deens: læ

Verwante met Noors: le

Verwante met Old Norse: hlé

Verwante met Nederlands: lij

Verwante met Wallies: clyd

Verwante met Litaus: šiltas

In summary

From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).