A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.
Source: tatoeba (19378)
Lee
//liː//
Synonyms for "lee" (48 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- завет noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
- завет noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- подветрена страна noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Catalan
2 entries- recer noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- refugi noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
Czech
3 entries- závětrný adj (facing away from the flow)
- závětrná strana noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- závětří noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
Dutch
4 entries- lij noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- lijzij noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- lijzijde noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- luwte noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
Finnish
4 entries- lee noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- lee noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- suojanpuoli noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- suojasatama noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
French
1 entries- abri noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Galician
1 entries- socairo noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
German
1 entries- Lee noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Hungarian
2 entries- széltől védett hely noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- szélárnyék noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
Irish
4 entries- fothain noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
- fothain noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- taobh an fhoscaidh noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- taobh na fothana noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Macedonian
3 entries- за́вет noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
- за́вет noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- заве́трина noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Malay
1 entries- lindungan noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- پوجه noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Polish
1 entries- zawietrzna noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Russian
1 entries- подве́тренная сторона́ noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- závetrina noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- závjetrina noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- за́ветрина noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- за́вјетрина noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Slovak
2 entries- záveterrná strana noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- závetrie noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
Spanish
2 entries- socaire noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- sotavento noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Swedish
4 entries- lä noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
- lä noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- lä noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- läsida noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
Turkish
2 entries- boca noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- masun noun (protected cove or harbor, out of the wind)
Ukrainian
3 entries- захист noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
- підвітряний бік noun (side of the ship away from the wind)
- укриття noun (sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
It is Mrs. Lee, Susan's mother, in London.
Source: tatoeba (29303)
Mrs. Lee is a great talker.
Source: tatoeba (29706)
"Yes, all right," says Mrs. Lee.
Source: tatoeba (73939)
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