léger

Meaning

  1. light (not heavy)
  2. slight (not much, not a lot)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/le.ʒe/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin *leviārius, from *levius + -ārius, the former element representing an alteration of Latin levis (“lightweight”). Compare Catalan lleuger, Occitan leugièr.

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