lies

See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

Alternative forms

• lyes (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

lies

1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lie

Adjective

lies

1. (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful

   That kebab was lies!

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lies.

Noun

lies (plural lieste)

1. the groin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch liesche, from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: lies
• Rhymes: -is
• Homophones: lease, Lies

Noun

lies f (plural liezen)

1. loins, region near the groin

Derived terms

• liesbreuk

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

lies f

1. plural of lie

Verb

lies

1. 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]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: ließ
• Rhymes: -iːs

Verb

lies

1. imperative singular of lesen

Latin

Verb

līēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Liist (Eupen)

Noun

lies f

1. (widespread) list

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

lies

1. (Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular present indicative of liesen
2. second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li͜yːs/

Verb

līes

1. singular imperative of līesan

Old French

Noun

lies f pl

1. oblique plural of lie
2. nominative plural of lie

Portuguese

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of liar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

1. Obsolete spelling of lijes.

Spanish

Verb

lies

1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of liar

Swedish

Noun

lies

1. indefinite genitive singular of lie

Anagrams

• Elis