Terminology record for league
RECORD
| Record No.: | 1/en/1 |
| Author: | ELAD D. F. |
| Creation date: | |
| Last updated: | 2023-01-28 00:00:00 |
| 🇫🇷 FRENCH | ||||
| DOMAINE |
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| VEDETTE | * Lieue statut : recommandé
* League (nom masculin) statut : admis | |||
| PARTIE DU DISCOURS | nom masculin | |||
| ÉTYMOLOGIE | Lieue | |||
| SOURCE DE L'ETYMOLOGIE |
Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005). Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019). | |||
| DÉFINITION |
Unité de distance anglaise équivalant à environ cinq kilomètres (3.452 miles; 5.556 kilometres). | |||
| PLURIEL | Lieues ; Leagues ; | |||
| SOURCE DE DÉFINITION | Fishterm | |||
| 🇬🇧 ENGLISH | ||||
| SUBJECT FIELD |
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| TERM | * League status: recommended
* nautical league (noun) status: accepted * marine league (noun) status: accepted * sea league (noun) status: accepted | |||
| PART OF SPEECH | noun | |||
| PLURAL | Nautical leagues ; Leagues ; Marine leagues ; Sea leagues ; | |||
| DEFINITION |
a unit of length that is equal to about three miles on land and about three nautical miles (5.556 km) at sea. It is about 6,080 yards - or three nautical miles (each league being 6,080 feet). In SI units 1 unit is 5556 meters. | |||
| DEFINITION SOURCE | Fishterm | |||
