English-Thai Dictionary

levee

N คันนา  kan-na

 

levee

N งานเลี้ยงรับรอง ผู้มีเกียรติ  งานเลี้ยง สโมสรสันนิบาต  ngan-liang-rab-rong-phu-me-kiad

 

levee

N ที่ สำหรับ จอด เรือ  ti-sam-rub-jod-ruea

 

levee

N เขื่อน ป้องกัน น้ำท่วม  เขื่อน  embankment kuan-pong-kan-nam-tuam

 

levee

VT สร้าง เขื่อนกั้นน้ำ  sang-kuan-kan-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEVEE

n.[L. levo.] 1. The time of rising.
2. The concourse of persons who visit a prince or great personage in the morning.
3. A bank or causey, particularly along a river to prevent inundation; as the levees along the Mississippi.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEVEE

Lev "ee, n. Etym: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]

 

1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee. " Gray.

 

2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

 

Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a drawing-room.

 

LEVEE

LEVEE Lev "ee, v. t.

 

Defn: To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. Young.

 

LEVEE

Lev "ee, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Levy. ]

 

Defn: An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S. ]

 

LEVEE

LEVEE Lev "ee, v. t.

 

Defn: To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]

 

LEVEE EN MASSE

Le *vée " en ` masse ". Etym: [F.]

 

Defn: See Levy in mass, under Levy, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

levee

lev ee 1 |ˈlevē ˈlɛvi | ▶noun an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. • a ridge of sediment deposited naturally alongside a river by overflowing water. • a landing place; a quay. • a ridge of earth surrounding a field to be irrigated. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (originally US ): from French levée, feminine past participle of lever ‘to lift. ’

 

levee

lev ee 2 |ˈlɛvi ˈlevē | ▶noun a reception or assembly of people, in particular: • a formal reception of visitors or guests. • historical an afternoon assembly for men held by the British monarch or their representative. • archaic a reception of visitors just after rising from bed. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a reception of visitors after rising from bed ): from French levé, variant of lever ‘rising, ’ from the verb lever .

 

Oxford Dictionary

levee

levee 1 |ˈlɛvi, lɪˈviː | ▶noun an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. • a ridge of sediment deposited naturally alongside a river by overflowing water. • N. Amer. a landing place; a quay. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (originally US ): from French levée, feminine past participle of lever ‘to lift ’.

 

levee

levee 2 |ˈlɛvi, ˈlɛveɪ | ▶noun archaic or N. Amer. a formal reception of visitors or guests. • historical an afternoon assembly for men held by the British monarch or their representative. • archaic a reception of visitors just after rising from bed. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (denoting a reception of visitors after rising from bed ): from French levé, variant of lever ‘rising ’, from the verb lever .

 

French Dictionary

levée

levée n. f. nom féminin 1 Action d ’élever. : Une levée de boucliers. 2 Action de recueillir quelque chose. : La levée du courrier se fait à 9 h. 3 Action de mettre fin à quelque chose. : La levée de séance. SYNONYME fin . 4 droit Action de supprimer. : La levée des scellés. FORME FAUTIVE levée de fonds. Calque de « fund-raising » pour campagne de souscription, campagne de financement, collecte de fonds.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

levee

lev ee /lévi /名詞 C 堤防 .