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/liːf/

Line drawing of leaf
Coloured illustration of leaf
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Translation

One of the flat green parts that grow from the branches of a plant or tree.

Word origin

From Old English leaf, the common Germanic word for a leaf of a plant.

Origin
Old English
Root
leaf

Grammar

Gender
Pluralleavesirregular

Examples

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"Leaf" is one flat green part of a plant.

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"Leaves" is the plural of "leaf", not "leafs".

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Here "leaf" is one single part from a tree.

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This word is part of lesson 74.