lee

(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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/liː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lee

Overgenomen van Oudengels: hlēo

Verwant aan Duits: Lee

Verwant aan Zweeds: lä

Verwant aan Deens: læ

Verwant aan Noors: le

Verwant aan Oudnoors: hlé

Verwant aan Nederlands: lij

Verwant aan Welsh: clyd

Verwant aan Litouws: 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”)).

Concepten

lij

lijzijde

luwte

lijzij

Synoniemen

leeward

shelter

lee side

downwind

leeward side

hide

leeside

to leeward

lee face

abode

sheltered side

defence

protection

recourse

refuge

resort

Vertalingen

sotavento

Lee

sottovento

abrigo

zawietrzna

boca

Schutz

sotavent

Windschatten

côté sous le vent

côté

zawietrzny

côte

abri

Leeseite