levier

See also: Levier

English

Etymology

From levy +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

Noun

levier (plural leviers)

1. One who levies.

Anagrams

• eviler, liever, relive, revile, veiler

French

Etymology

From lever +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.vje/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

levier m (plural leviers)

1. lever
   • 1846, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, sourced from [1]:

     Je m’en suis fait quelques-uns. Excepté une lime, j’ai tout ce qu’il me faut, ciseau, pince, levier.

     I made myself some; and with the exception of a file, I have all that are necessary,--a chisel, pincers, and lever.

   • 1885, Émile Zola, Germinal, sourced from [2]:

     Maheu fit sauter des coussinets de fonte, armé de sa barre de fer, dont il se servait comme d’un levier.

     Maheu made the metal chairs leap up, armed with his iron bar which he used as a lever.

Descendants

• → Romanian: levier
• → Turkish: levye

Further reading

• “levier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lièvre
• livrée, réveil

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French levier.

Noun

levier n (plural leviere)

1. lever

Declension

Declension of levier

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) levier	levierul	(niște) leviere	levierele
genitive/dative	(unui) levier	levierului	(unor) leviere	levierelor
vocative	levierule		levierelor