loi – French noun declension

French noun forms of loi

Noun: loi
Gender: f Hyphenation:
Singular floi
Plural flois

Sample Sentences

  • la loi de la France (the law in France, French law)
  • la loi de Boyle (Boyle's law)
  • Ils avaient, en un mot, la connaissance et le respect des deux lois qui président à toute bonne conception ornementale : l'étude approfondie du principe qui fournit le motif, et celle de la technique du métier qui devra réaliser celui-ci. (In a word, they possessed a knowledge of—and respect for—the two laws that govern all sound ornamental design: the thorough study of the principle that yields the motif, and that of the craft technique required to execute it.) [1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante, page 1:]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French loy, from Old French loi, lei, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s < *leǵ-. See: Latin Nouns 'lēx'.

Verbs referencing "loi"

Portuguese Nouns lei.

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