lies

See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

Alternative forms

lyes (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɪz/
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Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

lies

plural of lie

Verb

lies

third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie

Adjective

lies

(Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
That kebab was lies!

Anagrams

%iles, Elis, Iles, Isle, Leis, Lise, Sile, iles, isle, leis, sile, slie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural lieste)

the groin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liesche. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lis/
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Hyphenation: lies
Rhymes: -is
Homophones: lease, Lies

Noun

lies f (plural liezen)

loins, region near the groin

Derived terms

liesbreuk

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

lies f

plural of lie

Verb

lies

second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lier

Anagrams

élis, îles, isle, Lise, lise, sile, silé

German

Alternative forms

l. (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [liːs]
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Homophone: ließ
Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

lies

imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

līēs

second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Liist (Eupen)

Noun

lies f

(widespread) list

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

lies

(Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

second-person singular present indicative of liesen
second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

oblique plural of lie
nominative plural of lie

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

Obsolete spelling of lijes

Spanish

Verb

lies

second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of liar

Swedish

Noun

lies

indefinite genitive singular of lie.

Anagrams

Elis

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