transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈle-və-rət, ˈlē-, -ˌrāt ]
noun
Etymology: Latin levir husband's brother; akin to Old English tācor husband's brother, Greek daēr
Date: 1725
: the sometimes compulsory marriage of a widow to a brother of her deceased husband
• le·vi·rat·ic ˌle-və-ˈra-tik, ˌlē- adjective