lieu
/ljuː/
lieu noun: a place or stead.
Noun
lieu (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Lieu
Lieu (plural Lieus)
- A surname.
lieu meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
lieu in Tamil
- பகரம், மாற்று, இடம்
lieu in Bengali
- পরিবর্তে, বদলে, স্থলাভিষিক্ত
lieu in Malayalam
- പകരം, പ്രതി, ബദൽ
lieu in Kannada
- ಸ್ಥಳ, ಸ್ಥಾನ, ಎಡೆ, ಬದಲಿ
Examples of lieu in a sentence
- They gave him a cash award, in lieu of the promised prize package.
- "By deleting in placitum the amount of 7c and inserting in lieu thereof the amount of 9c."
- In lieu of recent events, more caution is needed.
Forms of lieu
| plural | Lieus |
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Origin of lieu
Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of.
As a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”).
Phrases with lieu
Words that rhyme with lieu
Questions about lieu
- What does lieu mean?
- Lieu means a place or stead.
- What is lieu in Tamil?
- Lieu in Tamil is பகரம், மாற்று, இடம். See Lieu meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is lieu?
- Lieu can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lieu?
- Lieu is pronounced /ljuː/.
Words near lieu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lieu (page history and authors); Lieu (page history and authors); lieu (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Lieu (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lieu (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lieu (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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