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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lieu

/ljuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
lieu
IPA
/ljuː/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place or stead.

Uncountable

name

A surname.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Italic *stlokos? Old Latin stlocus Latin locus Old French leu Middle French lieubor. English lieu Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Lieus (plural)

Phrases

in lieu in lieu of lieu-dit

Frequently Paired Words

in lieu in lieu of lieu-dit

Synonyms

stead position place

Homonyms

lew Liu lue loo Lou lu (yod-dropping)

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce lieu?
The recorded pronunciation is /ljuː/.
What does lieu mean?
A place or stead.
Where does lieu come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce lieu

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