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Word entry · 4 letters

lieu

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"Place, in phrase"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ljuː/Part of speech nounSorted eiluStarts with LEnds with U1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2I3E4U

Definitions

  1. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Word origin

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.

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