Lieu

//l(j)uː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A place or stead. uncountable
  2. 2
    the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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steadabodeareabearingsbench markdistrict

Example

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"In lieu of the preposition "je" one can also use the accusative without a preposition."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

As a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”).

Related phrases

in lieuin lieu of

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