lause

 

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lause

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From the verb lausuma. Compare with corresponding Finnish word "lause".

lause (genitive lause, partitive lauset)

1. sentence
2. clause
3. phrase

• “lause”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “lause”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• lause in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

lausua +‎ -e. First attested in 1845.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑu̯seˣ/, [ˈlɑ̝u̯s̠e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑuse
• Hyphenation^(key): lau‧se

lause

1. (grammar) clause
2. (grammar, informal) sentence
3. (mathematics) theorem (mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true)

   Pythagoraan lause

   Pythagorean theorem (US) / Pythagoras' theorem (UK)

4. (programming) statement

• In common language, the grammar terms lause (“clause”) and virke (“sentence”) are happily confused so that the word lause may refer to either of the two; consequently the word virke is used relatively seldom. In strict grammatical usage, however, the two terms are distinguished.

• (sentence): virke

• lausua

• “lause”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• seula

lause f (plural lauses)

1. Alternative spelling of lauze

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

lause

1. definite of laus
2. plural of laus