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Meaning of "liege" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LIEGE

From Old French lige, from Medieval Latin līticus, from lītus, laetus serf, of Germanic origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LIEGE

liege  [liːdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIEGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Liege can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIEGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

liege

Liège

Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E / 50.633; 5.567Coordinates: 50°38′N 05°34′E / 50.633°N 5.567°E / 50.633; 5.567 Country Belgium Community French Community Region Wallonia Province Liège Arrondissement Liège Government • Mayor Willy Demeyer (PS) • Governing party/ies PS – cdH Area • Total 69.39 km2 (26.79 sq mi) Population (1 January 2012) • Total 195,576 • Density 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) Postal codes 4000–4032 Area codes 04 Website www.liege.be Liège (French pronunciation: ​; Dutch: Luik, ( listen); Walloon: Lidje; German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium; Limburgish: Luuk; Luxembourgish: Léck) is a major city and a municipality in the European country of Belgium. There it is located in the province with also the name Liège, of which it is the capital. This province is part of the Wallone (French-speaking) region of the country.

Definition of liege in the English dictionary

The first definition of liege in the dictionary is owed feudal allegiance. Other definition of liege is owing feudal allegiance. Liege is also of or relating to the relationship or bond between liege lord and liegeman.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIEGE


assiege
əˈsiːdʒ
besiege
bɪˈsiːdʒ
charge
tʃɑːdʒ
discharge
dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ
emerge
ɪˈmɜːdʒ
enlarge
ɪnˈlɑːdʒ
forge
fɔːdʒ
George
dʒɔːdʒ
gorge
ɡɔːdʒ
huge
hjuːdʒ
large
lɑːdʒ
merge
mɜːdʒ
raj
rɑːdʒ
refuge
ˈrɛfjuːdʒ
serge
sɜːdʒ
siege
siːdʒ
surge
sɜːdʒ
taj
tɑːdʒ
urge
ɜːdʒ
urostege
ˈjʊərəˌstiːdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIEGE

lied
lief
liefly
liege lord
liegedom
liegeless
liegeman
liegemen
Liegnitz
lien
lienable
lienal
lienee

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIEGE

agricultural college
allege
Bible college
business college
city college
college
commercial college
community college
grege
junior college
manege
naval college
privilege
renege
special privilege
state of siege
teachers´ college
technical college
the Open College
training college

Synonyms and antonyms of liege in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIEGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «liege» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of liege

Translation of «liege» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIEGE

Find out the translation of liege to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of liege from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «liege» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

列日
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

liege
570 millions of speakers

English

liege
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लीग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لييج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Льеж
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Liege
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্রাট্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lige
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Liege
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lüttich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リエージュ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liege
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gia thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரபுவின்உண்மையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटे बोलणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

derebeyine bağlı kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

signore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Liege
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Льєж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

liege
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

liege
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Liege
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

liege
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

liege
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of liege

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIEGE»

The term «liege» is very widely used and occupies the 22.161 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIEGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «liege» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «liege» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about liege

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIEGE»

Discover the use of liege in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to liege and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Liege-Killer
Christopher Hinz. O}o{O Miles Yukura, with feet propped on the heavy console that ringed his chair, glanced sharply at viewscreen number nineteen. The flash of movement that had caught his attention was gone by the time he focused on the ...
Christopher Hinz, 2014
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A Further Study of the Liege Diatessaron
et-opotoyovyixi aoi, Mt. xi. 25, Lk. x. 21 is rendered by: 'I thank Thee', which is a Marcionitic and Tatianic version. In the same way the Flemish: ''tis al volbracht', is probably a survival of the Flemish Diatessaron, for in Holland you will hear ...
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The Boy Allies at Liege, Or, Through Lines of Steel
Clair Wallace Hayes, Robert L. Drake. to sit at once. Its work was brief. The prisoners were ordered taken out and shot as spies and traitors to Belgium. Upon orders issued by General Givet, the Belgian troops soon began to move in ...
Clair Wallace Hayes, Robert L. Drake, 1915
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Three-Dimensional Models of Marine and Estuarine Dynamics
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ADAM Y., Dr., Management Unit of the Mathematical Models (MUMM),Liege,Belgium AIRAUDO J.L., Ing., Metéorologie Nationale, Paris, France BACKHAUS J.O., Prof. Dr., Universitet Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany ...
J.C.J. Nihoul, B.M. Jamart, 1987
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The Crimes of the House of Hapsburg Against Its Own Liege ...
Francis William Newman. which Historians name a Reversal.* In this deed, the new King avowed that he had received the crown, not by any previous right, but by a gratuitous and voluntary election. In his letter of thanks to the Estates, ...
Francis William Newman, 1853
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Anselm of Havelberg: Deeds Into Words in the Twelfth Century
spent some years at the monastery school of Stablo, and then in 1115 went to study in Liege.16 In 1117, he left to become a monk at Waulsort and by early 1118 had returned to Stablo where he was made abbot in 1 130.17 Given that neither ...
Jay Terry Lees, 1998
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Insights and Interpretations: Studies in Celebration of the ...
Liturgical evidence in this manuscript points to the collegiate church of St. Pierre, Liege, with its litany petition to this institution and with the collect to the apostle Peter.3:' Suffrages to Lambert of Liege follow lauds and vespers of the hours of ...
Colum Hourihane, 2002
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Report Upon the Commercial Relations of the United States ...
Rhenish Prussia; at the sont'i by the provinces of Luxemburg and Naiuiir ; at the west by the provinces of Namnr and Brabant. The surface of the province of Liege is 289,388 hectares ; the population is 640,000 inhabitants ; say about 4(5 ares ...
‎1879
9
Mary Ward: A World in Contemplation
of the Institute first lived in Liege, Pierre Stevart took on this office. His successor, Jean de Chokier, was General Vicar from 1624- 1656. It was during his term of office that the there occurred the sorry downfall of the Institute's foundation on ...
Henriette Peters, 1994
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International Banking Directory
Address: "Centrebank, Liege" Albert Oury. Marcel Oury, Mgrs. Capital ( subscribed) Frs. 10.000.000 Capital (paid-up) 6,092.000 Reserve Fund 2.096. 664 Total Assets 35.055,435 CORRESPONDENTS — London: Bank of Liverpool & Martins.
‎1922

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIEGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term liege is used in the context of the following news items.
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Christian Benteke: The ten things to know about new Liverpool star …
He attributes his success to street football, as there are plenty of pitches set up over Liege, and started the same way as Kompany, Kevin ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
2
Veteran makes trip of a lifetime | The Belleville Intelligencer
A series of transfers resulted in Robertson's evading the enemy for four months, primarily in the home of the chief of police for the city of Liege. «Belleville Intelligencer, Jul 15»
3
Nairn County 0-1 Caley Thistle: Inverness duo ruled out of European …
Mbuyi-Mutombo played 80 minutes before being withdrawn, but Hughes is keen to assess the former Portsmouth and Standard Liege player, ... «Aberdeen Press and Journal, Jul 15»
4
Gorillas, scarabs and pistols, the eclectic Tour de France peloton …
Although he's earned great success as a senior, such as winning the 2009 Vuelta a Espana, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and La Fleche Wallonne ... «Yahoo Singapore News, Jul 15»
5
Georges Simenon Inspector Maigret - RTÉ Ten
Born in Liege, he began work as a reporter for a local newspaper at the age of sixteen, and at nineteen he moved to Paris to embark on a ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
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Omeruo set for loan move to Turkey - BBC
Omeruo has come a long way since joining the Stamford Bridge outfit from Belgian side Standard Liege - developing on loan at ADO Den Haag ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
7
Newcastle Join Premier League Rivals In Hunt For Bosnia Midfielder
... of his birth – he was born in Sarajevo – after progressing through Genk and then Standard Liege's youth ranks before moving to Hadjuk. «WhatCulture, Jul 15»
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Christian Benteke holding out for Manchester United move? - Sports …
... have signed Jonathan Viera on a permanent deal from Standard Liege. ... are interested in signing Standard Liege midfielder Adrien Trebel. «Sports Mole, Jul 15»
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Report: Fulham want Adrien Trebel - Sports Mole
Fulham are reportedly interested in signing Standard Liege ... figure in the region of £1.2m would be enough to convince Standard Liege to sell. «Sports Mole, Jul 15»
10
Las Palmas sign Jonathan Viera - Sports Mole
It had been claimed that Standard Liege wanted Viera to return for the new campaign, but a deal in the region of £600,000 has been agreed ... «Sports Mole, Jul 15»

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