noun
Meaning 1
tendon
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lien
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/liːn/
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/ˈliːən/
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homophone: lean (
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/ˈlaɪ.in/
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/ˈlaɪən/
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CMU ARPABET: L IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
spleen (a ductless vascular gland)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, possibly, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: milt
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
Alternative form of lain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spleen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lymphatic tissue, lymphoid tissue
noun
Meaning 6
the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: security interest
Narrower terms: artisan's lien, general lien, judgment lien, landlord's lien, mechanic's lien, tax lien, warehouseman's lien
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).
Borrowed from Latin liēn (“spleen”). Doublet of spleen.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: retensiereg — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Chinese Mandarin: 留置權 /留置权 (liúzhìquán) — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Czech: zadržovací právo — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Czech: retenční právo — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Dutch: retentierecht — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Finnish: panttioikeus — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Finnish: pidätysoikeus — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Finnish: kiinnitys — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- French: droit de rétention — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Galician: dereito de retención — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- German: Zurückbehaltungsrecht — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- German: Retentionsrecht — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Hungarian: visszatartási jog — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Italian: diritto di retenzione — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Japanese: 担保物権 (tanpo bukken) — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Māori: riena — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Māori: riana — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Māori: rīana — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Polish: prawo zatrzymania — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Portuguese: direito de retenção — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Russian: зало́говое пра́во (zalógovoje právo) — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Russian: зало́г (zalóg) — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Serbo-Croatian: pravo zadržaja — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Slovak: záložné právo — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Slovene: zastavna pravica — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Spanish: derecho de retención — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Swedish: panträtt — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Swedish: kvarstadsrätt — right to take and hold debtor’s property
- Welsh: hawlrwym — right to take and hold debtor’s property