Halévy

[ a-ley-vee ]

noun

1. Fro·men·tal [f, r, aw-mah, n, -, tal], Jacques François Fromental Élie Lévy, 1790–1862, French composer, especially of operas.
2. his nephew Lu·do·vic [l, y, -daw-, veek], 1834–1908, French novelist and playwright: librettist in collaboration with Henri Meilhac.

Halévy

/ alevi /

noun

1. Halévy(Jacques François) Fromental17991862MFrenchMUSIC: composer ( Jacques François ) Fromental (fromɛ̃tal), original name Elias Levy . 1799–1862, French composer, noted for his operas, which include La Juive (1835)
2. HalévyLudovic18341908MFrenchTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelistMUSIC: librettist his nephew, Ludovic (lydɔvik). 1834–1908, French dramatist and novelist, who collaborated with Meilhac on opera libretti

Example Sentences

“The question is whether Israel is going to retaliate immediately, or surprise the Iranians in one way or another,” said Efraim Halevy, who served as director of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, during the latter part of Mr. Netanyahu’s first term in the 1990s.

From New York Times

Gen. Herzi Halevy, the Israeli military chief of staff, said on Saturday that the three hostages had done “everything so that we would understand” that they were harmless.

From New York Times

"We found that variations in the isotopic composition of pyrite are mostly a function of the depositional environment in which the pyrite formed," Halevy said.

From Science Daily

In the second paper, led by Itay Halevy of the Weizmann Institute of Science and co-authored by Fike and Bryant, the scientists developed and explored a computer model of marine sediments, complete with mathematical representations of the microorganisms that degrade organic matter and turn sulfate into sulfide and the processes that trap that sulfide in pyrite.

From Science Daily

Israeli forces are “fighting in a built-up, dense, complex area,” said the military’s chief of staff, Herzi Halevy.

From Washington Times