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decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/levee" class="extiw" title="w:levee">levee</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/levee" class="extiw" title="w:levee">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output 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style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/levee_(event)" class="extiw" title="w:levee (event)">levee (event)</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/levee_(event)" class="extiw" title="w:levee (event)">Wikipedia </a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lev%C3%A9e#English" title="levée">levée</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncommon" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncommon</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈlɛvi/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈlɛveɪ/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-levee.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-levee.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-levee.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-levee.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-levee.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-levee.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-levee.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levee.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9Bvi" title="Rhymes:English/ɛvi"><span class="IPA">-ɛvi</span></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:English/%C9%9Bve%C9%AA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:English/ɛveɪ (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-ɛveɪ</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/levy#English" title="levy">levy</a></span></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">some pronunciations only</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">lev'i</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈlɛvi/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ləˈvi/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ləˈveɪ/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9Bvi" title="Rhymes:English/ɛvi"><span class="IPA">-ɛvi</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophones</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/levy#English" title="levy">levy</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Levy#English" title="Levy">Levy</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/lev%C3%A9e#French" title="levée">levée</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/lever#French" title="lever">lever</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">to raise, rise</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg/220px-River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg/330px-River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg/440px-River_Tone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_375733.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>levee</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">levee</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/levees#English" title="levees">levees</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>An elevated <a href="/wiki/ridge" title="ridge">ridge</a> of <a href="/wiki/deposited" title="deposited">deposited</a> <a href="/wiki/sediment" title="sediment">sediment</a> on the <a href="/wiki/bank" title="bank">banks</a> of a river, formed by the river's <a href="/wiki/overflow" title="overflow">overflow</a> at times of high <a href="/wiki/discharge" title="discharge">discharge</a>.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/embankment" title="embankment">embankment</a> to prevent <a href="/wiki/inundation" title="inundation">inundation</a>; as, the levees along the Mississippi.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The steep <a href="/wiki/bank" title="bank">bank</a> of a <a href="/wiki/river" title="river">river</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1826</b></span>, William Christy, <cite>A Digest of Martin's Reports</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the <b>levee</b>," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the <b>levee</b>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/border" title="border">border</a> of an <a href="/wiki/irrigate" title="irrigate">irrigated</a> <a href="/wiki/field" title="field">field</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/pier" title="pier">pier</a> or other <a href="/wiki/landing" title="landing">landing</a> place on a river.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">embankment</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dike#English" title="dike">dike</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/floodwall#English" title="floodwall">floodwall</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-embankment_to_prevent_inundation"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">embankment to prevent inundation</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="embankment to prevent inundation"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF#Bulgarian" title="насип">насип</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF" class="extiw" title="bg:насип">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">nasip</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0#Bulgarian" title="дига">дига</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="bg:дига">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">diga</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/mota#Catalan" title="mota">mota</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/mota" class="extiw" title="ca:mota">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/cavall%C3%B3#Catalan" title="cavalló">cavalló</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/cavall%C3%B3" class="extiw" title="ca:cavalló">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/hr%C3%A1zka#Czech" title="hrázka">hrázka</a></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=floddige&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="floddige (page does not exist)">floddige</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/digo#Esperanto" title="digo">digo</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/tulvapato#Finnish" title="tulvapato">tulvapato</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/digue#French" title="digue">digue</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/digue" class="extiw" title="fr:digue">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Deich#German" title="Deich">Deich</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Deich" class="extiw" title="de:Deich">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Damm#German" title="Damm">Damm</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Damm" class="extiw" title="de:Damm">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/t%C3%B6lt%C3%A9s#Hungarian" title="töltés">töltés</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C3%B6lt%C3%A9s" class="extiw" title="hu:töltés">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=v%C3%A9d%C5%91g%C3%A1t&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="védőgát (page does not exist)">védőgát</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%A9d%C5%91g%C3%A1t" class="extiw" title="hu:védőgát">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/g%C3%A1t#Hungarian" title="gát">gát</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/g%C3%A1t" class="extiw" title="hu:gát">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1rv%C3%ADz#Hungarian" title="árvíz">árvíz</a><a href="/wiki/v%C3%A9delem#Hungarian" title="védelem">védelm</a><a href="/wiki/-i#Hungarian" title="-i">i</a> <a href="/wiki/t%C3%B6lt%C3%A9s#Hungarian" title="töltés">töltés</a>/<a href="/wiki/g%C3%A1t#Hungarian" title="gát">gát</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BF#Macedonian" title="насип">насип</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">nasip</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tupehau&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tupehau (page does not exist)">tupehau</a></span></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <span class="Arab ota-Arab" lang="ota"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1#Ottoman_Turkish" title="اور">اور</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ota-Latn" class="tr Latn">or</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/grobla#Polish" title="grobla">grobla</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/grobla" class="extiw" title="pl:grobla">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/encosta#Portuguese" title="encosta">encosta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/encosta" class="extiw" title="pt:encosta">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/dique#Portuguese" title="dique">dique</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/dique" class="extiw" title="pt:dique">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0#Russian" title="дамба">да́мба</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:дамба">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">dámba</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%8C#Russian" title="насыпь">на́сыпь</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:насыпь">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">násypʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/nasip#Slovene" title="nasip">nasip</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/malec%C3%B3n#Spanish" title="malecón">malecón</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/malec%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="es:malecón">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/dique#Spanish" title="dique">dique</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/dique" class="extiw" title="es:dique">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99#Thai" title="คันดิน">คันดิน</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">kan-din</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-steep_bank_of_a_river"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">steep bank of a river</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="steep bank of a river"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uferb%C3%B6schung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uferböschung (page does not exist)">Uferböschung</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Uferb%C3%B6schung" class="extiw" title="de:Uferböschung">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">levee</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/levees#English" title="levees">levees</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/leveeing#English" title="leveeing">leveeing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/leveed#English" title="leveed">leveed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To keep within a <a href="/wiki/channel" title="channel">channel</a> by means of levees. <dl><dd><i>to <b>levee</b> a river</i></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_levee_a_river"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to levee a river</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to levee a river"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/padota#Finnish" title="padota">padota</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/padota" class="extiw" title="fi:padota">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/rakentaa#Finnish" title="rakentaa">rakentaa</a> <a href="/wiki/rantavalli#Finnish" title="rantavalli">rantavalli</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=eindeichen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="eindeichen (page does not exist)">eindeichen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/eindeichen" class="extiw" title="de:eindeichen">(de)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/lev%C3%A9#French" title="levé">levé</a></i> variant of the noun <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/lever#French" title="lever">lever</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">the act of getting up in the morning</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">levee</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/levees#English" title="levees">levees</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The act of <a href="/wiki/rising" title="rising">rising</a>; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. <ul><li><b>c. 1763</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gray" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Gray">Thomas Gray</a>, <i>letter to Mr. Nichols</i> <dl><dd>And look before you were up in the morning, though you were a punctual courtier at the sun's <b>levee</b></dd></dl></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1749</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fielding" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Fielding">Henry Fielding</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones" class="extiw" title="w:Tom Jones">Tom Jones</a></cite>, Folio Society, published <span class="None" lang="und">1973</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">414</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The sturdy hind now attends the <b>levee</b> of his fellow-labourer the ox <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/reception" title="reception">reception</a> of visitors held after getting up.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/formal" title="formal">formal</a> <a href="/wiki/reception" title="reception">reception</a>, especially one given by <a href="/wiki/royalty" title="royalty">royalty</a> or other leaders. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1834</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Elizabeth_Landon" class="extiw" title="w:Letitia Elizabeth Landon">L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon]</a>, chapter XV, in <cite>Francesca Carrara.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="[...] In Three Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, volume II, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bentley_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Bentley (publisher)">Richard Bentley</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="New Burlington Street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, (successor to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Colburn" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Colburn">Henry Colburn</a>), <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/630079698">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/francesccarrara02lelluoft/page/179/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">179</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I must take my leave, for the Cardinal holds a <b>levee</b> to-day, and let those fail in attendance who want nothing.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1992</b></span>, Hilary Mantel, <cite>A Place of Greater Safety</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://books.google.com/books?cd=1&id=IBNbAAAAMAAJ&dq=Hilary+Mantel+A+Place+of+Greater+Safety%27&q=levee#search_anchor">[1]</a></sup>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1993</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689121685" title="Special:BookSources/9780689121685">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">195</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">At the King's <b>levee</b> on the morning of the 13th, Philippe was first ignored; then asked by His Majesty (rudely) what he wanted; then told, ‘Get back where you came from.’</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_2">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">levee</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/levees#English" title="levees">levees</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/leveeing#English" title="leveeing">leveeing</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/leveed#English" title="leveed">leveed</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To attend the levee or levees of. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1725–1728</b></span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Young" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Young">Edward Young</a>], “<span class="maintenance-line">(please specify the page)</span>”, in <cite>Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires</cite>, 4th edition, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tonson" class="extiw" title="w:Jacob Tonson">J<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>acob<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> and R<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ichard<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Tonson</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="in the Strand.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1741</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/221368894">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He <b>levees</b> all the great.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/eleve#English" title="eleve">eleve</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/leeve#English" title="leeve">leeve</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_French">Old French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=levee&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Old 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