ler

• IPA^(key): /leːˀr/, [ˈleˀɐ̯], [ˈleɐ̯ˀ]

From Old Norse leir, from Proto-Germanic *laizą, cognate with Norwegian leir, Swedish ler. Probably from the Indo-European root *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

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

1. clay

• “ler” in Den Danske Ordbog
• ler on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ler

1. present tense of le

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leer, from Latin legere. Compare Portuguese ler.

• IPA^(key): [ˈleɾ]

ler (first-person singular present leo, first-person singular preterite lín, past participle lido)
ler (first-person singular present leio, first-person singular preterite lim or li, past participle lido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to read

• reler
• trasler
• lector
• lectura

• “leer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “leer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ler” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ler” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ler” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “whence r?”)

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ː]

ler(ラー) • (-rā) 

1. Alternative form of er (ā)

• lher

From Latin legere.

ler

1. to read

• IPA^(key): /leːr/
• Rhymes: -eːr

ler

1. present of le

ler

1. present of le

• lez (likely a misspelling)

Unknown. Likely from Proto-Celtic *liros.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɾ/

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.

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

From Proto-Celtic *liros, either borrowed from an unknown substrate language or from Proto-Indo-European *leyH-.[1] Cognate with Welsh llŷr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈl͈ʲer/

ler m or n (genitive lir)

1. (masculine) sea, ocean
2. (neuter) a lot, multitude, large number

As a masculine noun meaning "sea, ocean":

As a neuter noun meaning "a lot, large number, multitude":

• Irish: lear
• Scottish Gaelic: lear

• (sea, ocean): G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ler”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• (a lot, multitude): G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ler”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leer, from Latin legere (“to read”). Compare Galician ler and Spanish leer.

• Homophone: lê (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ler

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

1. to read (to look at and interpret written information)
2. to read (to speak aloud written information)
3. (computing) to read (to fetch data from)
4. (reflexive, of text) to read (to be interpreted or read in a particular way)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ler.

• Macanese: lê
• → Makalero: leh (“to read”)

From Latin legō, legere.

ler

1. (Puter) to read

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

ler

1. (Sutsilvan) Alternative form of vuler

From German leer.

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

lȇr m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑р)

1. (regional, automotive) neutral

• “ler” in Hrvatski jezični portal

ler c

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

ler

1. present indicative of le

• elr