say it: li-MAY-tur
lemaitre is a noun meaning "Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)". It carries one recorded sense.
Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lemaitre come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.