league

Signification

Noun

1. A group or association of cooperating members.
2. An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
3. (informal) Ellipsis of rugby league.
4. A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
5. A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
6. An alliance or coalition.

Verb

To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/liːɡ/

Étymologie

From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

Phrases

Midlothian Bulls won their seventh league title .

Midlothian Bulls a remporté son septième titre de ligue.