Lie
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /laɪ/
- SAMPA: /laI/
Verb, intransitive
- To be in a horizontal position
- To be placed or situated
Related Words
Translations
- Chinese: 躺
- Dutch: liggen
- Finnish: maata
- French: se coucher
- German: liegen
- Hebrew: לשכב (Lish'kav)
- Indonesian: berbaring, membaringkan
- Japanese: 横になる (よこになる, yoko ni naru)
- Spanish: echarse
Verb
to lie (lied, lied)
- To intentionally say something that is not true
- rare intentionally allowing someone else, who has a right to know the whole truth, believe (trough action or inaction) something else then the whole truth.
Related terms
Translations
- Chinese: 说谎, 說謊 (shuohuang)
- Dutch: liegen
- Finnish: valehdella
- French: mentir
- German: lügen
- Hebrew: לשקר (Le'sha'ker)
- Indonesian:
- Bohong, berbohong, membohongi
- Dusta, berdusta, mendustai
- Japanese: 嘘を吐く (うそをつく, usowotsuku)
- Spanish: mentir
- Swedish: ljuga
Noun
lie (plural lies)
- An intentionally false statement; a falsehood.
- (Golf) the terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- (Medicine) the position of a fetus in the womb.
Translations
- Cebuano: bakak
- Chinese: 谎言 (huangyan), 假话 (jiahua)
- Dutch: leugen f (1)
- Finnish: valhe (1)
- French: mensonge m
- German: Lüge f (1), Kindslage f (3)
- Hebrew: שקר (She'ker) m
- Ilocano: ulbod
- Italian: bugia f
- Japanese: 嘘 (うそ, uso), 虚言 (きょげん, kyogen)
- Portuguese: mentira f (1)
- Spanish: mentira f (1)
- Swedish: lögn c
- Tagalog: sinungaling
- Waray Waray: kaga'
French
Verb
lie
- First and third person singular of lier
Translations
English: connect, connects
Swedish
Noun
lie c (pl liar, def sing lien, def pl liarna)
- A tool, consisting of a shaft and a long, curved blade which is mounted at right angle to the shaft. Often, in mythology, associated with The Death ("The grim Reaper")
