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Definition of lez - Reverso French Dictionary

Preposition

1.
toponymieDatedindique la proximité dans les noms de lieuxDated
  • Plessis-lez-Tours se trouve près de la ville de Tours.
à côté de près de
2.
littérature ancienneDatedexprime la proximité spatiale dans un style soutenuDated
  • Le chevalier demeurait lez la fontaine claire.
auprès de proche de
3.
textes historiquesRaresitue géographiquement dans les documents anciensRare
  • Le château fut bâti lez la rivière selon les chroniques.
jouxtant
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Origin of lez

ancien français, les (bord) + suffixe -z (pluriel)

Terms related to lez

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bourgcommunehameaulocalitérégionsitetoponymevillageabordsalentourscontiguïtédistance

Terms with lez included in their meaning

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polissonadj.
géographie
qui se rapporte à la commune de Poilly-lez-Gien
biennoisn.
Belgique
habitant ou natif de Bienne-lez-Happart en Belgique
Nissann.
géographie
ancien nom de la commune française Nissan-lez-Enserune

Examples of lez in a sentence

  • Le château de Montreuil-lez-Metz est célèbre.
  • Le roi s'est arrêté lez la porte du château.
  • Ils ont construit leur maison lez la rivière.
  • Le marché se tenait lez l’église chaque dimanche.
  • Une bataille eut lieu lez la frontière du royaume.

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  1. English:near, beside, ...
  2. German:bei, an, ...
  3. Italian:presso, accanto a, ...
  4. Spanish:junto a, al lado de, ...
  5. Portuguese:junto a, perto da, ...
  6. Chinese:靠近, 傍, ...
  7. Japanese:～近く, ～のかたわらに, ...
  8. Arabic:قرب, إلى جانب, ...
  9. Hebrew:סָמוּךְ לְ, אֵצֶל, ...
  10. Russian:у, вблизи (в старинном стиле), ...
  11. Ukrainian:біля, при, ...

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