lair

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛə̯/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈlɛə̯] ~ [ˈlɛː]
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈlɛː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈlɛː]
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• Australian: /ˈleː/
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• Australian: [ˈleː]
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• /ˈle̝ə̯/ without the cheer–chair merger
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• [ˈle̝ə̯] without the cheer–chair merger
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• /ˈliə̯/ cheer–chair merger
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• [ˈliə̯] cheer–chair merger
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• General-South-African: /ˈlɛː/
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• General-South-African: [ˈlɛː]
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• /ˈlɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• [ˈlɜː(ɹ)] Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈlɛɚ/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈlɛɚ] ~ [ˈlɛɹ̩]
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• Scotland: /ˈleɾ/
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• Scotland: [ˈleːɾ]
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• homophone: layer (some pronuciations)
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• homophone: leer (cheer–chair merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: L EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legh-.

From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”). Compare Icelandic leir (“clay”).

Backformation from lairy.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: որջ (orǰ) — of an animal
• Bashkir: оя (oya) — of an animal
• Basque: zulo — of an animal
• Basque: gordeleku — of an animal
• Bulgarian: бърлога (bǎrloga) — of an animal
• Bulgarian: леговище (legovište) — of an animal
• Catalan: cau — of an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 巢穴 (cháoxué) — of an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 獸穴 /兽穴 (shòuxué) — of an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 獸窟 /兽窟 (shòukū) — of an animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 獸窩 /兽窝 (shòuwō) — of an animal
• Czech: doupě — of an animal
• Danish: hule — of an animal
• Danish: rede — of an animal
• Danish: hi — of an animal
• Dutch: hol — of an animal
• Dutch: leger — of an animal
• Finnish: pesä — of an animal
• French: antre — of an animal
• French: tanière — of an animal
• French: repaire — of an animal
• Georgian: ბუნაგი (bunagi) — of an animal
• Georgian: სორო (soro) — of an animal
• German: Bau — of an animal
• German: Höhle — of an animal
• Ancient Greek: φωλεός (phōleós) — of an animal
• Hebrew: מְאוּרָה (meurá) — of an animal
• Hindi: मांद (mānd) — of an animal
• Hungarian: odú — of an animal
• Hungarian: vacok — of an animal
• Irish: brocais — of an animal
• Irish: leaba dhearg — of an animal
• Italian: tana — of an animal
• Japanese: 巣窟 (sōkutsu) — of an animal
• Latin: lustrum — of an animal
• Latvian: miga — of an animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: hi — of an animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hi — of an animal
• Ojibwe: waazh — of an animal
• Ojibwe: waanzh — of an animal
• Portuguese: toca — of an animal
• Romanian: vizuină — of an animal
• Russian: ло́гово (lógovo) — of an animal
• Russian: берло́га (berlóga) — of an animal
• Russian: нора́ (norá) — of an animal
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏збина — of an animal
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁzbina — of an animal
• Slovak: brloh — of an animal
• Slovene: brlog — of an animal
• Spanish: guarida — of an animal
• Spanish: madriguera — of an animal
• Swedish: bohåla — of an animal
• Swedish: håla — of an animal
• Swedish: gryt — of an animal
• Swedish: kula — of an animal
• Swedish: lya — of an animal
• Ottoman Turkish: این (in) — of an animal
• Bulgarian: скривалище (skrivalište) — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Catalan: cau — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Danish: skjul — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Danish: leje — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Danish: hi — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Dutch: schuilplaats — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Finnish: piilo — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Finnish: piilopaikka — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• French: antre — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Greek: κρησφύγετο (krisfýgeto) — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Greek: λημέρι (liméri) — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Hungarian: búvóhely — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Hungarian: rejtekhely — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Irish: cró folaigh — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Italian: covo — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Latin: lustrum — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Māori: kuhunga — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Portuguese: esconderijo — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Portuguese: covil — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Russian: ло́гово (lógovo) — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Russian: прито́н (pritón) — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏збина — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: бр́лог — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏ма — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁzbina — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: bŕlog — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁma — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Slovene: brlog — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Spanish: guarida — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Spanish: escondite — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.
• Turkish: kovuk — of a criminal, hero/superhero etc.