Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ley

/liː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: ley
IPA: /liː/

6

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.

noun

noun

Alternative spelling of lea.

adj

Fallow; unseeded.

adj

Rotated to pasture instead of cropping.

noun

Archaic form of lye.

Archaic

noun

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

"For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […]"

Etymology

See lea.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Ley

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

leys (plural)

Phrases

Blackbird Leys peso ley Ley Hill

Frequently Paired Words

peso ley Ley Hill

Synonyms

Leyen pasture pastureland pasture land grazing land lea

Homonyms

lee li lea

Rhymes With

they way may day say one-way away play today pay stay re

Questions

How do you pronounce ley?: The recorded pronunciation is /liː/.
What does ley mean?: Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing.
Where does ley come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce ley

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