lie

Meaning

lees, dregs (of wine, of society)

lie de vin

wrésidu

sedimento

lees

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Frequency

Inherited from Old French lie, from Early Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).

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Sentences

Il
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poursuit à

Leipzig, où il
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travaille sous la direction de Sophus Lie .

He continues to Leipzig, where he works under the direction of Sophus Lie.

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