lége, adj., (nav.) light.
légendaire, n.m., legendary.
légende, n.f., legend; inscription, motto, story; legend (of medals).
lég-er, -ère, adj., light; buoyant, easy; fleet, fast; nimble, active; fickle, unsteady, light-headed; feeble, faint, frivolous, trifling, slight, inconsiderate, giddy, thoughtless. À la —e; thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly. Vin —; light wine. Être — à la course; to be fleet of foot. Cavalerie —e; light-horse. Avoir la tête —e; to be hare-brained, light-headed. Une faute —e; a small fault. Être vêtu à la —e; to be lightly dressed.
légèrement (lé-jèr-mān), adv., lightly, slightly; nimbly, swiftly, cursorily, thoughtlessly.
légèreté (lé-jèr-té), n.f., lightness, nimbleness, swiftness, fickleness, unsteadiness; instability; levity, frivolity, airiness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness; slight fault. La — d’un cerf; the fleetness of a stag.
légiférer, v.n., to legislate.
légion, n.f., legion. — d’honneur; Legion of Honor (a French order of knighthood, civil and military). — de parents; host of relations.
légionnaire, n.m. and adj., legionary; knight of the Legion of Honor.