lei

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine, uncountable) slate (material)
2. (countable, feminine) slate (object)

Verb

singular past indicative of leggen

leggen

1. (transitive) to lay (to place in a lying position)
2. (transitive) to lay (eggs) (to produce and deposit eggs)
3. (alt-of, alternative, colloquial, proscribed) alternative form of liggen

Lees verder

Synoniemen

leisteen

schoolbord

Vertalingen

ardoise

slate

Schiefer

Schiefertafel

ardósia

ardesia

pizarra

Schiefergestein

pissarra

Tafel

lavagna

lousa

σχιστόλιθος

πίνακας

πλακίδιο

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɛi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: leye

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: λᾶας

Verwant aan Albanees: lerë

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: leide

In summary

From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).