Interlingua English Dictionary revised in plain ascii format

judiciose = {adj} judicious

jugo = {n} yoke (1. frame for coupling draft animals; 2. servitude, bondage; 3. [Naut.]) {Hence:} jugulo &; conjugar &; subjugar &

jugular = {adj} [Anat.] jugular jugular {v} to cut the throat of (someone), jugulate

jugulo = {n} 1. collarbone; 2. throat; {also:} [Zoo].] jugulum {Hence:} jugular (1); jugular (2)

jujube [F] = {n} jujube

jujutsu (jú-) [J] = {n} jujitsu, jiujitsu

Julia = {nprf} Julia

julian = {adj} Julian; calendario julian Julian calendar

Juliano = {nprm} Julian

Julietta = {nprf} Juliet

Julio = {nprm} Julius; julio July {Hence:} julian-Juliano; Julia-Julietta

junct- see junger

juncte = {adj} joined, joint, attached; hic juncte herewith, hereto (attached)

junction = {n} junction (1. action of joining, coming together; 2. place where things join)

junctura = {n} juncture (1. action of joining together; 2. joint, articulation)

junger [jung-/junct-] = {v} to join (= to bring or put together) {Hence:} junction; junctura; juncte; adjunger &; conjunger &; disjunger &; subjunger &

jungla = {n} jungle

junio = {n} June

junior = {adj} junior, younger

junipero (-ní-) = {n} juniper

junker [G] = {n} Junker

Jupiter (jú-) = {npr} Jupiter (1. [Rom. Mythol.]; 2. [Astron.])

juramento = {n} oath (as in "to take an oath"); prestar jurarnento to take an oath

jurar = {v} to swear, take an oath {Hence:} juramento; juratori; jurato; abjurar &; adjurar &; conjurar &; perjurar &

jurato = {n} juryman, juror; juratos [Law] jury

juratori = {adj} [Law] juratory

jure = {n} right, law (as in "divine right or law") {Hence:} jurista; jurar &; injuria &; perjur &; juridic etc.; jurisdiction etc.; jurisconsulto etc.; jurisprudente etc.

juri-dic (-rí-) = {adj} juridical; persona juridic juridical person

juris-consulto = {n} jurist, jurisconsult

jurisdiction = {n} jurisdiction {Hence:} jurisdictional

jurisdictional = {adj} jurisdictional

juris-prudente = {adj} jurisprudent {Hence:} jurisprudentia-jurisprudential

jurisprudentia = {n} jurisprudence

jurisprudential = {adj} jurisprudential

jurista = {n} jurist

jury [A] = {n} jury

juste = {adj} 1. just (= equitable, fair); 2. exact, accurate {Hence:} justitia &; justessa; justificar &; adjustar &; injuste; justo

justessa = {n} exactness, accuracy

justificabile = {adj} justifiable

justificar = {v} to justify (1. to show the justice or rightness of; 2. [Print.]) {Hence:} justificabile-injustificabile; justification; justificative; justificator; justificate-injustificate

justi1icate 1. pp of justificar; 2. {adj} justified, justifiable

justification = {n} justification

justificative = {adj} justificative, justificatory

justificator = {n} justifier

justitia = {n} justice (1. quality of being just; 2. exercise of authority in maintenance of right); facer justitia a un personna to do someone justice {Hence:} injustitia

justo = {adv} just, exactly; justo nunc, justo ora just now, right now

jute [A] = {n} jute

juvar [juv-/jut-] = {v} to aid, help {Hence:} adjuvar &

juvene = {adj} young {Hence:} jurentute; juvenil-juvenilitate; rejuvenescer &

juvenil = {adj} juvenile, youthful

juvenilitate = {n} juvenility, youthfulness

juventute = {n} youth; {also:} boyhood, girlhood

juxta' 1. {adv} near, near by; 2. {prep} near, near to, next to, etc.

juxtaponer [-pon-/-posit-] = {v} to juxtapose {Hence:} juxtaposition

juxtaposit- see juxtaponer

juxtaposition = {n} juxtaposition

kaiser [G] = {n} kaiser

kal- = {adj} [occurring in compounds] kal- (= beautiful) {Hence:} kaleidoscopio etc.

kal-eido-phonio = {n} kaleidophone

kaleidoscopic = {adj} kaleidoscopic

kal-eido-scopio = {n} kaleidoscope {Hence:} kaleidoscopic

kalium (ká-) = {n} potassium, kalium

kanguru (-rú) = {n} kangaroo

kaolin = {n} kaolin {Hence:} kaolinic; kaolinizar

kaolinic = {n} kaolinic

kaolinizar = {v} [Geol.] to kaolinize

kapok (ká-) = {n} kapok

karma [Skr.] = {n} karma

kasher [Heb.] = {adj} kosher {Hence:} kasherar

kasherar = {v} to kosher, kasher (= to make or pronounce kosher)

kayak (ká-) = {n} kayak

kepi [F] = {n} kepi

kerosen = {n} kerosene, paraffin oil

kg = {abbr} = `kilogramma'

khaki [Hind.] = {n} khaki

khedive [F] = {n} khedive

kilo = {n} kilo, kilogram

kilo-' [occurring in compounds] kilo- (= thousand) {Hence:} kilocyclo etc.; kilogramma etc.; kilometro etc.; kilowatt etc.

kilo-cyclo = {n} [Elec.] kilocycle

kilogram- see kilogramma

kilo-gramma = {n} kilogram

kilogram-metro (-grám-) = {n} [Mech.] kilogrammeter

kilo-litro (-ó-) = {n} kiloliter

kilometric = {adj} kilometric

kilo-metro (-ó) = {n} kilometer {Hence:} kilometric

kilo-watt = {n} kilowatt

kimono = {n} kimono

kiosque [F] = {n} kiosk; {also:} newsstand

kirschwasser [G] = {n} kirschwasser

kl = {abbr} = `kilolitro'

klepto- = {n} [occurring in compounds] klepto- (= thief) {Hence:} kleptomano etc.; kleptomania etc.

klepto-mania (-ía) = {n} kleptomania

klepto-mano (-ó-) = {n} kleptomaniac

km = {abbr} = `kilometro'; `km^2' = `kilometro quadrate'

knut [R] = {n} knout

Koblenz [G] = {npr} Coblenz

kodak [A] = {n} kodak, small camera

Kominform [R] = {npr} Cominform

Komintern [R] = {npr} Comintern

kopeka = {n} [Monet.] kopeck

Koran = {n} Koran

kremlin = {n} kremlin (= citadel of a Russian city); Kremlin Kremlin

krypton (kríp-) = {n} [Chem.] krypton

kümmel [G] = {n} kümmel

kuo- (kwo) [Chinese] = {n/adj} [occurring in compounds] kuo- (= country, nation; national, nationalist) {Hence:} Kuomintang etc.; Manchukuo etc

Kuo-min-tang (-táng) = {npr} Kuomintang

Kyrie eleison [Gr.] Kyrie eleison

l = {abbr} = `litro'

la = {n} 1. [Mus.] la; 2. [Mus.] (the note) A *la {adv} there = †illac

la {pron pers} her (as in "I see her", "I write her a letter")

laber [lab-/laps-] = {v} to fall, droop, slide down {Hence:} labile; lapso; collaber &; prolaber &

labial = {adj} labial {also:} [Gram.] labial {n} [Gram.] labial

labializar = {v} to labialize

labiate = {adj} labiate; {also:} [Bot.]

labiates = {npl} [Bot.] labiates

labile = {adj} labile, unstable

labio = {n} [Anat.] lip; le labio de un plaga the lip of a wound {Hence:} labial-labializar, bilabial etc.; labiate; labiodental etc.

-labio [occurring in compounds] -labe, -labium {Hence:} astrolabio etc.; mesolabio etc.

labio-dental = {adj} [Phonet.] labiodental

labor = {n} work; {also:} toil, labor, etc. {Hence:} laboriose-laboriositate; laborar-laborator, laboratorio-laboratorial, collaborar &; elaborar &

laborar = {v} to work; {also:} to labor, toil, etc.; laborar (le ferro, etc.) to work (iron, etc.); laborar (le terra, le campo, etc.) to work or till (the land, soil, etc.); laborar (le pasta, etc.) to work or knead (dough, etc.)

laborator = {n} 1. worker, workman, etc.; 2. farmer, farm worker, farm hand, etc.

laboratorial = {adj} laboratory; scientia laboratorial laboratory science

laboratorio = {n} laboratory

laboriose = {adj} laborious (1. hard-working, industrious; 2. requiring hard work, toilsome)

laboriositate = {n} laboriousness (1. diligence; 2. toilsomeness)

Labrador = {npr} Labrador {Hence:} labradorite

labradorite = {n} [Mineral.] labradorite

labyrinthic = {adj} labyrinthine, labyrinthic

labyrintho = {n} labyrinth (1. maze; 2. [Anat.]) {Hence:} labyrinthic

lacai (-ái) = {n} lackey, footman, valet

lacca = {n} 1. lac (= dark-red resinous incrustation produced by the puncture of the Coccus lacca); 2. lake (= pigment obtained from lac); 3. lacquer {Hence:} laccar; phytolacca etc.

laccar = {v} to lacquer

Lacedemone = {n} Lacedaemon (1. [Gr. Mythol.]; 2. Sparta) {Hence:} lacedemonie-lacedemonio

lacedemonie = {adj} lacedaemonian

lacedemonio = {n} Lacedaemonian

lacerar = {v} to tear (to pieces), lacerate, mangle {Hence:} laceration

laceration = {n} laceration

lacerta = {n} lizard

laco = {n} lake (= large body of water surrounded by land) {Hence:} lacustre

Laconia = {npr} Laconia

laconic = {adj} 1. Laconian; 2. laconic

laconismo = {n} laconism

lacono = {n} Laconian {Hence:} Laconia; laconismo; laconic

lacrima (lá-) = {n} tear (1. as in "to shed tears"; 2. as in "tears of resin") {Hence:} lacrimal; lacrimose; lacrimar-lacrimabile, lacrimation, lacrimatori, lacrimatorio; lacrimogene etc.

lacrimabile = {adj} worthy of tears, lamentable

lacrimal = {adj} lachrymal; glandula lacrimal lachrymal gland; sacco lacrimal lachrymal sac

lacrimar = {v} to weep, shed tears

lacrimation = {n} lachrymation

lacrimatori = {adj} lachrymatory

lacrimatorio = {n} [Archaeol.] tear bottle, lachrymatory

lacrimo-gene = {adj} tear-provoking, lachrymatory; gas lacrimogene tear gas

lacrimose = {adj} lachrymose

lactar = {v} to suckle, nurse

lactari ad 1. giving milk, milch; 2. lactary

lactation = {n} lactation (1. action of suckling; 2. secretion of milk)

lactato = {n} [Chem.] lactate

lacte = {n} 1. milk; 2. milt (of fish); dente de lacte milk tooth; (fratre, soror) de lacte foster (brother, sister); vitello de lacte sucking calf; lacte de butyro buttermilk {Hence:} lactari; lactera; lactero; lacteria; lactato; lactuca &; lactee; lactic; lactifere; lactoso; lactar-lactation, allactar &; lactescer-lactescente-lactescentia; dislactar

lactee = {adj} milky; dieta lactee milk diet; venas lactee [Anat.] lacteal vessels, lacteals; via lactee Milky Way

lactera = {n} milkmaid

lacteria (-ía) = {n} dairy (I. place where milk and cream are kept and made into butter and cheese; 2. store that sells milk and milk products)

lactero = {n} milkman

lactescente 1. ppr of lactescer; 2. {adj} lactescent (= having a milky look)

lactescentia = {n} lactescence

lactescer = {v} to become milky, lactesce

lactic = {adj} lactic (I. pertaining to milk; 2. [Chem.])

lactifere = {adj} lactiferous

lactoso = {n} [Chem.] lactose

lactuca = {n} lettuce {Hence:} lactucario

lactucario = {n} lactucarium (= mild narcotic substance extracted from lettuce)

lacuna = {n} lacuna {Hence:} lacunose

lacunose = {adj} lacunose

lacustre = {adj} lacustrine

Lady [A] = {n} Lady

laguna = {n} lagoon

laic (láic) = {adj} lay, laic, laical {Hence:} laico; laicizar-laicization

laicizar = {v} to laicize

laicization = {n} laicization

laico = {n} layman, laic

-lalia (-ía) = {n} [occurring in compounds] -lalia (= talking; babbling) {Hence:} echolalia etc.

lama = {n} lama; Grande Lama, Dalai Lama Grand Lama, Dalai Lama

lambda = {n} lambda (= 11th letter of the Greek alphabet) {Hence:} lambdacismo

lambdacismo = {n} lambdacism

lambente 1. ppr of lamber; 2. {adj} lambent

lamber = {v} to lick, lap; {also:} to lap up {Hence:} lambente

lamella = {n} thin plate; {also:} [Bot., Zool.] lamella {Hence:} lamellibranchio etc. ...

lamelli-branchio = {n} [Zool.] lamellibranch; lamellibranchios [Zool.] Lamellibranchia

lamentabile = {adj} 1. lamentable (to be pitied); 2. mournful, doleful

lamentar = {v} to lament (1. to wail; 2. to bewail)

lamentation = {n} lamentation

lamentator = {n} lamenter

lamento = {n} lament, lamentation {Hence:} lamentose; lamentar-lamentabile, lamentation, lamentator

lamentose = {adj} 1. plaintive; querulous; 2. lamentable

lamina (lá-) = {n} I. lamina (I. thin plate, foil; 2. [Bot.] the blade or flat expanded portion of a leaf); II. blade (of knife, etc.) {Hence:} laminar-lamination, laminatorio

laminar = {v} to laminate (I. to beat or roll into thin plates; 2. to split into layers or leaves; 3. to overlay with plates of metal)

lamination = {n} lamination

laminatorio = {n} rolling mill, flatting mill

lampa = {n} lamp; lampa de arco arc-light; lampa de incandescentia incandescent lamp; lampa de tasca flashlight, flashlamp {Hence:} lampion; lampista-lampisteria

lampada (lá-) = {n} lamp {Hence:} lampadario; lampadero

lampadario = {n} lampadary; candelabrum

lampadero = {n} lampmaker

lampion = {n} 1. lampion; 2. Chinese lantern

lampista = {n} 1. lampmaker or lamp seller; 2. lamplighter, lampman

lampisteria (-ía) = {n} lamp shop

lampreda = {n} [Ichthyol.] lamprey

lampyride (-pí-) = {n} glowworm

lana = {n} wool; lana de ligno excelsior {Hence:} lanero; laneria; lanugine &; lanifere; lanose-lanositate; lanolina etc.

lancea = {n} lance, spear {Hence:} lancero; lancetta &; lanceola &; lancear &

lancea-flammas = {n} [Mil] flame thrower

lanceamento = {n} I. (action of) hurling, flinging; II. (action of) launching (1. setting afloat; 2. starting off, setting in operation)

lancear = {v} I. to hurl, fling; II. to launch (1. to set afloat; 2. to start, set going) {Hence:} lanceamento; lanceaflammas etc.

lanceola (-cé-) = {n} [Bot.] lanceolate leaf, petal, etc. {Hence:} lanceolate

lanceolate = {adj} [Bot.] lanceolate

lancero = {n} lancer

lancetta = {n} lancet {Hence:} lancettar-lancettada

lancettada = {n} [Surg.] (action or result of) lancing

lancettar = {v} [Surg.] to lance

lancha (-sh-) = {n} launch (as in "steam launch")

-land- = {n} [occurring in geographical compounds] -land {Hence:} Irlanda etc.; Islanda etc.; Finlandia etc.; Groenlandia etc.

landa = {n} moor (= moorland); Landas Landes

Landau = {npr} Landau; landau landau

laneria (-ía) = {n} 1. manufacture of wool; 2. woolen goods

lanero = {n} woolen draper

languer = {v} to languish (= to become or continue to be languid);

languer in prision to languish in prison {Hence:} languimento; languor-languorose; languide

languide = {adj} languid

languimento = {n} languishment

languor = {n} languor (= state of bodily or mental weariness)

languorose = {adj} languorous

lanifere = {adj} wool-bearing, laniferous

lan-olina = {n} lanolin

lanose = {adj} wooly

lanositate = {n} wooliness

lanterna = {n} lantern (1. as in "railroad lantern"; 2. [Arch.]); lanterna magic magic lantern

lanugine = {n} down (= downy hairs) {Hence:} lanuginose

lanuginose = {adj} downy, lanuginous

lapidar = {v} to stone, lapidate (1. to hurl stones at (someone); 2. to put to death by stoning)

lapidari = {adj} lapidary

lapidario = {n} lapidary

lapidation = {n} stoning, lapidation

lapidator = {n} stoner, lapidator

lapide (lá-) = {n} stone {Hence:} lapidari; lapidario; lapidee; lapidific; lapidose; lapidar-lapidation, lapidator, dilapidar &; lapidesc-lapidescente-lapidescentia; lapidificar-lapidification; lapidicole etc.

lapidee = {adj} stone, stony, lapideous

lapidesc- = {v} [occurring in derivatives]

lapidescente = {adj} lapidescent

lapidescentia = {n} lapidescence

lapid-icole = {adj} [Zool.] lapidicolous

lapidific = {adj} lapidific

lapidificar = {v} to petrify, lapidify

lapidification = {n} lapidification, petrifaction, petrification

lapidose = {adj} stony, lapidous

lapillo [I] = {n} [Geol.] lapillo, papillus; lapilli lapilli

lapis-lazuli (-láz-) = {n} lapis lazuli

laps- see laber

lapso = {n} lapse (1. as in "lapse of time"; 2. slip)

lapsus [L] = {n} slip (= error) lapsus calami [L] lapsus calami, slip of the pen lapsus linguae [L] lapsus linguae, slip of the tongue

lardacee = {adj} lardaceous

lardar = {v} to lard (1. [Cookery]; 2. to interlard)

lardo = {n} 1. lard; 2. bacon {Hence:} lardacee; lardose; lardar-interlardar-interlardamento

lardose = {adj} lardy

large = {adj} 1. broad, wide; 2. liberal, openhanded; conscientia large accommodating conscience, elastic conscience {Hence:} largessa; largor; allargar-allargamento; largo

largessa = {n} 1. breadth, width; 2. liberality, generosity

larghetto [I] = {n} [Mus.] larghetto

largo = {n} 1. wideness, expanse, etc.; {also:} high sea; 2. [Mus.] largo

largor = {n} breadth, width

larice (lá-) = {n} larch

laro = {n} [Ornith.] seagull, gull, mew

larva = {n} larva (1. [Rom. Mythol.]; 2. [Zool.; specif.: Entom.]) {Hence:} larval; larvate

larval = {adj} larval

larvate = {adj} [Med.] larvate

larynge = {n} larynx {Hence:} laryngitis; laryngee; laryngoscopio etc.; otorhinolaryngologia etc.

laryngee = {adj} laryngeal

laryngitis (-ítis) = {n} laryngitis

laryngoscopia (-ía) = {n} laryngoscopia

laryngo-scopio = {n} laryngoscope {Hence:} laryngoscopia

lascive = {adj} lascivious {Hence:} lascivitate

lascivitate = {n} lasciviousness

lassar = {v} I. to leave (I. to allow to remain in some place or state; 2. to commit, entrust, hand over); II. to let (= to allow to, permit to); lassar facer laissez faire, laisser faire

lasse = {adj} tired, weary {Hence:} lassitude

lassitude = {n} lassitude, weariness

lasso [A] = {n} lasso

late = {adj} broad, wide {Hence:} latitude &; dilatar &; latifundio etc.; laticolle etc.

latente 1. ppr of later; 2. {adj} latent; energia latente latent energy

latentia = {n} latency

later = {v} to lie hidden, be hidden {Hence:} latente-latentia; delitesc- &

lateral = {adj} lateral; nave lateral aisle (= wing or lateral division of a church)

latere = {n} side; de tote lateres on all sides; al latere aside; al latere de beside {Hence:} lateral-multilateral etc.; unilateral etc., collateral; equilatere etc.; quadrilatere etc.

lati-clavo = {n} [Rom. Antiq.] laticlave

lati-colle = {adj} thick-necked

lati-fundio = {n} latifundium

latin = {adj} Latin; vela latin lateen (sail); union latin Latin (Monetary) Union; quartiero latin Latin quarter {Hence:} latinitate; latino-latinismo, latinista, latinizar-latinization; neolatin etc.

latinizar = {v} to Latinize (= to make Latin or Latinlike)

latinization = {n} Latinization

latinismo = {n} Latinism

latinista = {n} Latinist

latinitate = {n} Latinity

latino = {n} Latin (1. [Rom. Hist.] native or inhabitent of Latium; 2. member of one of the Latin races; 3. Latin language); latino sin flexion Latino sine Flexione latino sine flexione [LsF] {n} Latino sine Flexione

Latio = {npr} Latium {Hence:} latin &

latitude = {n} I. breadth, width; II. latitude (1. freedom from narrow restrictions; 2. [Geol.]) {Hence:} latitudinal; latitudinari; latitudinario

latitudin- see latitude

latitudinal = {adj} latitudinal

latitudinari = {adj} latitudinarian

latitudinario = {n} Latitudinarian

laton = {n} brass (= alloy of copper and zinc) {Hence:} latonero; latoneria

latoneria (-ía) = {n} brassworks

latonero = {n} brassworker, brazier

latr- = {v} [occurring in derivatives and compounds] {Hence:} latria; -latra-bibliolatra etc., idolatra etc.

-latra [occurring in compounds] -later (= worshipper)

latrar = {v} to bark, bay {Hence:} latrato

latrato = {n} bark, barking (of a dog, etc.)

latria (-ía) = {n} [Theol.] latria

latrina = {n} latrine

latta = {n} sheet metal; (cassa de) latta (tin) can, tin (can)

Latvia = {npr} Latvia

laudabile = {adj} praiseworthy, laudable

laudabilitate = {n} praiseworthiness, laudability

laudanina = {n} [Chem.] laudanine

laudano (láu-) = {n} laudanum (= tincture of opium) {Hence:} laudanina

laudar = {v} to praise, laud

laudation = {n} praise, lauding, laudation

laudative = {adj} laudatory, laudative

laudator = {n} lauder

laudatori = {adj} laudatory

laude = {n} praise; laudes [Eccl.] lauds, laudes {Hence:} laudar-laudabile-laudabilitate, laudation, laudative, laudator, laudatori

lauraceas = {n} [Bot.] Lauraceae

lauracee = {adj} lauraceous

laurea = {n} laurel crown

laureate = {adj} crowned with laurel, laureate; poeta laureate poet laureate

lauree = {adj} laurel

laureto = {n} laurel grove

lauric = {adj} [Chem.] lauric

lauriero = {n} laurel (tree or shrub); lauriero rosa rose laurel, oleander

lauro = {n} laurel, bay-tree, bay-laurel; {also:} laurel (as in "to earn one's laurels) {Hence:} laureto; lauracee-lauraceas; lauriero; lauree-laurea-laureate; lauric

lava = {n} lava {Hence:} lavic

lavabile = {adj} washable

lavabo = {n} lavabo (1. [R.C.Ch.]; 2. washstand)

lavage (-aje) = {n} (act of) washing; {also:} [Med.] lavage

lava-manos (-má-) = {n} washstand

lavamento = {n} 1. (act of) washing, cleansing; 2. (act of) purifying, purification

lavanda = {n} wash, (act of) washing {Hence:} lavandera; lavanderia

lavandera = {n} laundress

lavanderia (-ía) = {n} laundry (= establishment where clothes and other articles are washed and ironed)

lavandula = {n} [Bot.] lavender

lavar = {v} 1. to wash, cleanse; 2. to make pure, purify {Hence:} lavage; lavamento; lavanda &; lavabile; lavator; lavatura; lavamanos etc.

lavator = {n} washer (= one who or that which washes)

lavatorio = {n} washhouse, washroom; {also:} lavatory

lavatura = {n} 1. wash, (act of) washing; 2. dishwater

lavic = {adj} lavic, lavatic

lawn tennis [A] = {n} lawn tennis

laxar = {v} 1. to loosen, slacken (something); {also:} [Med.] to purge, lax; 2. to release, let go, set free, etc.

laxative = {adj} [Med ] laxative

laxativo = {n} laxative

laxe = {adj} loose (= not tight, taut, firm, etc.); {also:} lax {Hence:} laxitate; laxar-laxative-lavativo, relaxar &

laxitate = {n} laxity, laxness

lazaretto = {n} 1. leprosarium, leprosery; 2. lazaretto (= building or vessel used for detention in quarentine)

lazarista = {n} [R.C.Ch.] Lazarist, Vincentian

Lazaro (lá-) = {npr} Lazarus {Hence:} lazaretto; lazarista

lazuli (lá-) = {n} (lapis) lazuli {Hence:} lazulite; lapislazuli etc.

lazulite = {n} lazulite; {also:} lapis lazuli

le = {def art} the; (un dollar) le (libra) (one dollar) a (pound) le {pron pers} 1. him (as in "I see him", "I write him a letter"); 2. it (as in "I like it", "I'll give it another thought")

leccamento = {n} (action of) licking

leccar = {v} to lick (as in "to lick one's fingers" ) {Hence:} leccamento

lect- see leger

lectiera = {n} I. litter (1. vehicle carried on men's shoulders or by animals; 2. stretcher; 3. straw, hay, etc. used as bedding for animals); II. [R.R.; Naut.] berth

lection = {n} I. reading (= the form in which something is written in a manuscript or book); II. lesson (1. [Eccl.]; 2. something taught or learned)

lecto = {n} bed (1. [Furniture]; 2. "the bed of a river"; 3. [Geol.]); ir al lecto to go to bed; guardar le lecto to be confined to bed; (filio) del prime (secunde etc.) lecto (son) of the first (second, etc.) bed or marriage; facer le lecto to make the bed; lecto (de ferro, etc.) bedstead; lecto de reposo couch {Hence:} lectiera; allectar &; coperilecto etc.

lector = {n} 1. reader (= one who reads books, etc.); 2. [R.C.Ch.] lector

lectura = {n} reading (1. act of reading; 2. ability to read; 3. as in "that book makes pleasant reading")