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Definitions: Leger |
LegerNoun1. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books". 2. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "leger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references) |
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Literature | Leger St. Leger Stakes (Doncaster): so called from Colonel Anthony St. Leger, who founded them in 1776. The colonel was governor of St. Lucia, and cousin of the Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger (the lady Freemason). The St. Leger Stakes are for both colts and mares. Those which have run in the Derby or Oaks are eligible. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: LegerSynonyms: account book (n), book (n), book of account (n), ledger (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Leger |
| English words defined with "leger": Fernand Leger ♦ ledger line, leger line, Leiger, Ligger ♦ Saint Leger ♦ The Oaks. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "leger": Classic Races ♦ Freemasons ♦ Oaks ♦ St. Leger Sweepstakes. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Leger" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (army), German (casual, casually, informal, laissez-fair), Romansch (to read). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Leger... waarom? (1970) Døden leger med (1948) De Inspectie van het engels leger door koning Albert (1919) Grote maneuvers van het Belgisch leger (1913) Het Belgisch leger (1909) | |
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 | Figure 26. The Leger dredge sounder in the descending position. This sampling device was designed to retain a portion of the captured sample even if a rock held the jaws open after being activated to snap shut. This sounder was tested twenty-two times in 1903 on the PRINCESS ALICE II between depths of 18 and 4560 meters.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 26 (cont.) The Leger dredge sounder after sampling and in the ascent mode. Note that the weights were retained on the instrument and not jettisoned on the seafloor.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 62. Leger bathometer designed by the engineer Maurice Leger working in collaboration with Prince Albert I of Monaco. It was designed to measure small variations in the force of gravity and relate them to the depth of water.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | 09/27/2000 - AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy (AFPN) -- Carol DiBattiste, under Secretary of the Air Force signs the re-enlistment papers of Tech. Sgt. Tate Leger of the 31st Maintenance Squadron, here. DiBattiste stopped here to meet with troops and families, and. |
 | Portrait of Fernand Leger.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Leger" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 78.10% of the time. "Leger" is used about 105 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 78.1% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.95% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.95% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 105 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "leger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Leger | Last name | 4,000 | 3,483 |
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Expressions using "leger": Fernand Leger ♦ leger line ♦ Saint Leger. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "leger": leger-stop. | |
Ending with "leger": link-leger. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "leger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Arabic | خط مساعد في النوتة (leger line). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | egerlay línea suplementaria (ledger line, leger line). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | All ou prokoyousin epi pleion h gar anoia autwn ekdhloV estai pasin wV kai h ekeinwn egeneto |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sed ultra non proficient insipientia enim eorum manifesta erit omnibus sicut et illorum fuit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But ferthere thei schulen not profite, for the vnwisdom of hem schal be knowun to alle men, as hern was. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But they shall prevayle no leger. For their madnes shalbe vttered vnto all men as theirs was. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But they shall proceed no further: for their folly will be manifest to all men, as theirs also was. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end. |
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| Language | 2 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | apan sila dili mouswag sa unahan, kay ang ilang binoang madayag man unya sa tanan, sama sa binoang niadtong duha ka tawo kaniadto. |
| Croatian | Ali neæe više napredovati jer bezumlje æe ovih postati oèito, kako se to i onima dogodilo. |
| Danish | Dog, de skulle ikke få Fremgang ydermere; thi deres Afsind skal blive åbenbart for alle, ligesom også hines blev. |
| Dutch | Maar zij zullen niet meerder toenemen; want hun uitzinnigheid zal allen openbaar worden, gelijk ook die van genen geworden is. |
| Finnish | Mutta he eivät pitemmälle edisty, sillä heidän mielettömyytensä on käyvä ilmeiseksi kaikille, niinkuin noidenkin mielettömyys kävi ilmi. |
| French | Mais ils ne feront pas de plus grands progrès; car leur folie sera manifeste pour tous, comme le fut celle de ces deux hommes. |
| German | Aber sie werden's in die Länge nicht treiben; denn ihre Torheit wird offenbar werden jedermann, gleichwie auch jener Torheit offenbar ward. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, yo p'ap rive lwen, paske tout moun pral rekonèt jan yo pèdi tèt yo, menm jan sa te rive pou Janès ak Janbrès. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi mereka tidak akan mencapai apa-apa, sebab kebodohan mereka akan diketahui oleh semua orang, seperti yang dialami oleh Yanes dan Yambres juga. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi tiada mereka itu akan maju lagi, karena kejahilan mereka itu akan nyata kepada orang sekalian, sama seperti kejahilan kedua orang itu. |
| Maori | Heoi e kore ratou e kake haere: ka kitea hoki to ratou kuwaretanga e te katoa, ka pera hoki me to raua. |
| Norwegian | Dog, de skal ikke få mere fremgang; for deres uforstand skal bli åpenbar for alle, likesom og hines blev. |
| Portuguese | Não irão, porém, avante; porque a todos será manifesta a sua insensatez, como também o foi a daqueles. |
| Rumanian | Dar nu vor mai knainta; cqci nebunia lor va fi arqtatq tuturor, cum a fost arqtatq wi a celor doi oameni. |
| Russian | оП ПОЙ ОЕ НОПЗП ХУ ЕАФ; Й'П ЙИ 'ЕЪХНЙЕ П'ОБТХЦЙФУС ЕТЕ" ЧУЕНЙ, ЛБЛ Й У ФЕНЙ УМХЮЙМПУШ. |
| Shuar | Túrasha nuna nankaamas kuakchartatui. Shuar ti paant ni netse Túruiniamurin nekarawartatui. Núnisan nu Jimiará iwishniujai Túrunamiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero no irán muy lejos, porque su insensatez será evidente a todos, como también lo fue la de aquéllos. |
| Swahili | Lakini hawataweza kuendelea zaidi kwa maana upumbavu wao utaonekana wazi kwa wote. Ndivyo ilivyokuwa kwa akina Yane na Yambre. |
| Swedish | Men de skola icke tillstädjas att gå längre, ty deras galenskap skall bliva uppenbar för alla, såsom det skedde med de männens. |
| Uma | Yanes pai' Yambres toera, topobago-na Firaun to mpo'ewa nabi Musa hante pake' -ra. Aga uma-ra hompe mpo'ewa baraka' Pue' Ala to ria hi nabi Musa. Wae wo'o mpai' to jadi' hi guru to boa' tempo toi. Uma-ra mpai' hompe mpo'ewa tudui' to makono, apa' kawojoa-ra bate incana mpai' hi hawe'ea tauna. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "leger": legerdemain, legerdemains, legerities, legerity, legers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "leger": alleger, colleger. (additional references) | |
Words containing "leger": allegers, collegers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "leger" (pronounced le"jer) |
| 4 | l e" j er | ledger, Pledger. |
| 3 | -e" j er | edger, Hedger. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-l-r" | |
-1 letter: eger, glee, gree, leer, reel. | |
-2 letters: eel, ere, erg, gee, gel, lee, leg, ree, reg. | |
-3 letters: el, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-l-r" | |
+1 letter: galere, gelder, kegler, ledger, legers, redleg, regale, reglet, reglue. | |
+2 letters: aerogel, alleger, eagerly, enlarge, erelong, foreleg, galeres, gelders, general, gentler, gleamer, gleaner, gomerel, greenly, grueled, grueler, kegeler, keglers, lagered, leaguer, ledgers, ledgier, leering, leggier, pledger, redlegs, reeling, regaled, regaler, regales, reglaze, reglets, reglued, reglues, veliger, wergeld, wergelt. | |
+3 letters: aerogels, algerine, allegers, allergen, begirdle, beguiler, clergies, colleger, creeling, cudgeler, doggerel, eelgrass, eglatere, eloigner, engirdle, enlarged, enlarger, enlarges, exergual, filagree, filigree, fledgier, fleering, forelegs, gaselier, gearless, generals, geologer, gerbille, gleamers, gleamier, gleaners, gleetier, glowered, goldener, gomerels, gospeler, graveled, greedily, greenfly, greenlet, groveled, groveler, gruelers, gruelled, grueller, kegelers, laagered, largesse, layerage, leaguers, legendry, legerity, leggiero, leverage, levering, levogyre, lingered, lingerer, lingerie, meagerly, meagrely, perigeal, pledgeor, pledgers, prelegal, reedling, regalers, regelate, regental, regilded, reglazed, reglazes, reglowed, regulate, reguline, rejuggle, relegate, repledge, replunge, reveling, sleigher, telegram, veligers, weregild, wergelds, wergelts. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 67 65 72 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . --. . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0067 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4671737184 |
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