Danish

Noun

ler n (singular definite leret, not used in plural form)

1. clay

See also

• ler on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

See le ‎(“to laugh”).

Verb

ler

1. present tense of le

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

Verb

ler ‎(first-person singular present leo, first-person singular preterite lin, past participle lido)

1. to read

Conjugation

Related terms

• reler
• trasler

Lojban

Rafsi

ler

1. rafsi of lerfu.

Mirandese

Alternative forms

• lher

Etymology

From Latin legere.

Verb

ler

1. to read

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ler

1. present tense of le

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ler

1. present tense of le

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lez (likely a misspelling)

Etymology

Unknown. Likely from Proto-Celtic *liros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɾ/

Noun

ler m

1. sea, beach, shore
   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Nuno Fernandes Torneol, B 645: Vi eu mia madr'andar (facsimile)

     Foy eu madre veer / As barcas eno lez (sic) / E moirome damor

     I went, mother, to see / the boats at the shore, / and I'm dying of love.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with leer ‎(“to read”).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese leer, from Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō ‎(“I read”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈleɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle(ʁ)/

Verb

ler ‎(first-person singular present indicative leio, past participle lido)

1. to read (to look at and interpret written information)
2. to read (to speak aloud written information)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:ler.

Conjugation

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin legō, legere.

Verb

ler

1. (Puter) to read

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Vallader) leger
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) liger

Etymology 2

Verb

ler

1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vuler

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German leer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːr/
• Hyphenation: ler

Noun

lȇr m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ле̑р)

1. (regional, automotive) neutral

Declension

References

• “ler” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Noun

ler c

1. clay; Contraction of lera., in the expression ler och långhalm

Verb

ler

1. present tense of le.