noun
French operatic composer (1799-1862)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑composer
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/ann lay vee"/, n.
1. Fromental /frddaw mahonn tannl"/, (Jacques François Fromental Élie Lévy), 1790-1862, French composer, esp. of operas.
2. his nephew, Ludovic /lyuu daw veek"/, 1834-1908, French novelist and playwright: librettist in collaboration with Henri Meilhac.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.