English

Proper noun

Lise

1. A female given name.
   • 2013, Allison Amend, A Nearly Perfect Copy

     The urge to tell Lise everything was almost overpowering.

   • 2014, Paula Bomer, Inside Madeleine

     Then I smelled something funny. “Do you guys smell that?” “No. What do you smell?” said Lise. “I think I smell smoke.”

Anagrams

• isle
• leis
• lies
• sile, Sile

Danish

Proper noun

Lise

1. A female given name derived from Elisabeth.

Related terms

• compound given names: Annelise, Anne-Lise, Ingelise, Inge-Lise, Ingerlise, Liselotte, Lise-Lotte

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 496 females with the given name Lise have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

French

Proper noun

Lise

1. A female given name derived from Élisabeth.

Anagrams

• élis, îles, isle, lies, liés, sile, silé

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lise

1. A female given name derived from Elisabeth.

Related terms

• compound given names: Anne-Lise, Inger-Lise

Albanian

Alternative forms

• lyse

Noun

lise f

1. a stream

Related terms

• lis

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian [Term?] (compare Ilocano lisa, Hawaiian liha, Maori riha).

Noun

lise

1. nit

See also

• kutu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liz/

Verb

lise

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lire
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of lire

Anagrams

• élis, îles, isle, lies, liés, sile, silé

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.se/

Adjective

lise f pl

1. feminine plural of liso

Anagrams

• lesi

Portuguese

Noun

lise f (plural lises)

1. (medicine, pathology) lysis (gradual recovery from disease)
2. (biochemistry) lysis (destruction of cells)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French lycée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.se/

Noun

lise ‎(definite accusative liseyi, plural liseler)

1. high school

Declension

See also

• ilköğretim okulu
• üniversite