leurre, n.m., lure; decoy; bait; snare, trap. Se laisser prendre à un —; to be caught in a snare, to swallow a bait.

leurrer, v.a., to lure; to entice, to decoy.

se leurrer, v.r., to be ensnared, entrapped; to delude one’s self. Ces oiseaux ne se leurrent pas facilement; these birds are not to be easily trapped.

levage, n.m., raising, lifting.

levain, n.m., leaven, barm, yeast; remains; germ. Pain sans —; unleavened bread.

levant, n.m. and adj., East, Levant. Du — au couchant; from east to west; rising, orient.

levantin, -e, n. and adj., Levantine.

levantine, n.f., levantine (silk cloth).

lève, n.f., mallet, bat (at mall).

levé, n.m., (mus.) rise (of foot, of hand).