lis

lis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lisu.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lisu terms

lis (plural lisses)

1. (heraldry) Clipping of fleur-de-lis.
   • 1915, Guy Cadogan Rothery, ABC of Heraldry, page 175:

     […] it may be dimidiated: for instance, half a rose and half a lis being stuck together, or half a lis and half an eagle.

Learned borrowing from Latin lis (“quarrel, lawsuit”).

lis

1. (law) The substance of a legal dispute.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lis

1. plural of li

• ILS, ILs, ISL, LSI, SIL, SLI, Sil, isl., sil

From Dutch list, from Middle Dutch list, from Old Dutch list, from Proto-Germanic *listiz.

• IPA^(key): /ləs/

lis (plural liste)

1. ruse, trick, cunning plan

• IPA^(key): /lis/

Most likely a formation after lëndë (“timber”), similarly to the connection of vis with vend.^[1] Alternatively, Orel suggests a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“forest, woods”), whence Serbo-Croatian lȇs / ле̑с, Bulgarian лес (les), although in this case one would expect the auslaut to have undergone palatalization. Because of the /-i-/ < *-ě-, the Slavic dialect is identified as Ikavian.^[2][3]

lis m (plural lisa, definite lisi, definite plural lisat)

1. oak (Quercus, specifically Quercus robur)

   Synonym: dushk

   Hyponyms: lis i bardhë (“Quercus cerris”), lis bujk (“Quercus trojana”), lis i butë (“Quercus pubescens”), lis i egër (“Ilex”)

   Coordinate terms: bung, ilqe, qarr, shpardh

2. tall tree
3. (genealogy) lineage

   lis i gjakut ― patrilineal descendants

   lis i gjinisë ― matrilineal descendants

lis (feminine lise)

1. (figurative) strong and tall

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From Proto-Albanian *leitšja, from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to pour”). Cognate with Latin libare (“to pour, to libate”), Old Church Slavonic лити (liti, “to pour”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿 (leiþu, “fruit wine”).

lis (aorist lysa, participle lysur)

1. to pour

• “lis”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “lis”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

From Latin ille (“that one”).

lis

1. (to) them (indirect object)

   Synonym: les

Borrowed from French lis. Doublet of lliri.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈlis]

lis m (plural lisos)

1. Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima)

   Synonym: lliri azteca

• “lis”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪs]

Inherited from Old Czech lis (“press”), from Proto-Slavic *lisъ (“fox”).

lis m inan

1. (machine) press, squeezer

   Synonym: pres

Abbreviation of listopad.

lis m inan

1. abbreviation of listopad or listopadu (“November”)

   Coordinate terms: led, úno, bře, dub, kvě, čvn, čvc, srp, zář, říj, pro

• “lis”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• lisch (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch lesch, lesche, lisc, lyse; probably from the same ultimate origin as Old High German liska, which see (modern German Liesch).

• IPA^(key): /lɪs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Hyphenation: lis

lis m or n (plural lissen, diminutive lisje n)

1. iris (plant of the genus Iris)

• lire

Inherited from Latin lilium.

lis m (plural lis) (ORB, broad)

1. lily

• lys in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lis in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• lys

Inherited from Middle French lis, from Old French lis, generalised from the nominative singular and accusative plural of earlier lil, from Latin lilium.

The final /s/ survives from the Middle French pausal pronunciation (as in fils, ours, os, tous, etc.), but fleur de lis was formerly also pronounced with /li/.

• IPA^(key): /lis/

• Audio; “le lis”:

  (file)

• Homophones: lice, lices, lisse, lissent, lisses

lis m (invariable)

1. lily

• → Catalan: lis
• → English: lis
• → Portuguese: lis
• → Spanish: lis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /li/

lis

1. inflection of lire:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

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

• ils, s'il

From Latin illas, accusative feminine plural of illae.

lis f pl (singular la)

1. the

• i

From French liste (“list”).

• IPA^(key): /lis/

lis

1. list

• les

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪs]
• Hyphenation: lis

From Dutch lijst, from Italian lista, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *leizd (“band, border”).

lis

1. list, a register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself

   Synonym: daftar

From Dutch lijst, from Middle Dutch lijste, from Old Dutch *līsta, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *leizd (“band, border”).

lis

1. frame, border

   Synonym: bingkai

• “lis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Old Latin stlīs, slīs, perhaps with unusual reduction from Proto-Italic *slītis (“accusation, dispute”), from Proto-Indo-European *sliH-ti-, possibly from a root Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH- (“to accuse”); cognate with Old Irish liid (“accuse, charge”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlis]

līs f (genitive lītis); third declension

1. lawsuit, action
2. contention, strife, quarrel

   Synonyms: rixa, certatus, iūrgium

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.21:

     Hanc deus et melior lītem nātūra dirēmit.

     • 1916 translation by Frank Justus Miller

       God—or kindlier Nature—composed this strife;

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.29–30:

     līte vacent aurēs, īnsānaque prōtinus absint / iūrgia; differ opus, līvida lingua, tuum!

     • 1851 translation by Henry T. Riley

       Let our ears be relieved from strife, and forthwith let maddening discords he far away; and thou envious tongue, postpone thy occupation.

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• Galician: lide
• Italian: lite
• Portuguese: lide
• Sicilian: liti
• Spanish: lid

• “lis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "lis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “lis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
    
  • to lose one's case: causā or lite cadere (owing to some informality)
    
  • chicanery (specially of wrongfully accusing an innocent man): calumniae litium (Mil. 27. 74)
    
  • (ambiguous) to go to law with, sue a person: litem alicui intendere
    
  • (ambiguous) to win a case: causam or litem obtinere
    
  • (ambiguous) to lose one's case: causam or litem amittere, perdere
    

• IPA^(key): [lʲɪs̪]

li̇̀s

1. third-person singular future of lyti
2. third-person plural future of lyti

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈlis̠/

lis

1. second-person singular present imperative of lësen

lis

1. tongue

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisъ (“fox”).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈlis/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlis/

lis m inan

1. winepress

• Czech: lis

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “lis”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lisъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: lis
• Homophone: Lis

lis m animal (female equivalent lisica, diminutive lisek, augmentative lisisko)

1. fox (Vulpini, especially the genus Vulpes)
2. (colloquial) fox fur

lis m pers

1. (colloquial) fox (a clever or cunning person)

• lis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Abbreviation of listopad.

lis m inan

1. abbreviation of listopad or listopada (“November”)

   Coordinate terms: sty, lut, mar, kwi, maj, cze, lip, sie, wrz, paź, gru

• Hyphenation: lis
• Homophone: Lis

Borrowed from French lis. Doublet of lírio.

lis m (plural lises)

1. lily

   Synonym: lírio

2. (heraldry) fleur-de-lis

   Synonym: flor-de-lis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lis

1. plural of li

• “lis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “lis”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “lis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French lisse.

lis m or n (feminine singular lisă, masculine plural liși, feminine/neuter plural lise)

1. smooth

lis m inan (Cyrillic spelling лис)

1. (Croatia) abbreviation of listopad or listopada (“October”)

   Coordinate terms: sij, velj, ožu, tra, svi, lip, srp, kol, ruj, stu, pro

Borrowed from French lis. Doublet of lírio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlis/ [ˈlis]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: lis

lis f (plural lises)

1. lily

   Synonym: lirio

2. (heraldry) fleur-de-lis

   Synonym: flor de lis

• “lis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025