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lieu

 
() pronunciation
n. Archaic
Place; stead.

idiom:

in lieu of

  1. In place of; instead of.

[French, from Old French, from Latin locus.]


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noun

    The function or position customarily occupied by another: place, stead. See place, substitute.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: In place of.

pronunciation They went to a restaurant in lieu of fixing dinner in their burned kitchen.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sted, plads

idioms:

  • in lieu    på stedet
  • in lieu of    i stedet for

Français (French)
n. - à la place de, au lieu de

idioms:

  • in lieu    en guise de, au lieu, à la place
  • in lieu of    à la place de, au lieu de, en guise de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ort, Stelle

idioms:

  • in lieu    anstelle, statt dessen
  • in lieu of    anstelle, statt dessen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θέση

idioms:

  • in lieu    αντ' αυτού
  • in lieu of    αντί

Italiano (Italian)
luogo

idioms:

  • in lieu (of)    invece di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lugar (m)

idioms:

  • in lieu (of)    em lugar de, em vez de

Русский (Russian)
место

idioms:

  • in lieu (of)    вместо

Español (Spanish)
n. - lugar

idioms:

  • in lieu    en lugar de, en vez de
  • in lieu of    en lugar de, en vez de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ställe(t)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
场所

idioms:

  • in lieu    代替
  • in lieu of    代替...

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 場所

idioms:

  • in lieu    代替
  • in lieu of    代替...

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 장소

idioms:

  • in lieu    장소에
  • in lieu of    대신에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 場所, 所

idioms:

  • in lieu (of)    のかわりに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكان, بدل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקום, מגורים‬


 
 
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