le

From French le.

• IPA^(key): /lə/, /leɪ/

le

1. (informal, humorous, chiefly Internet) the
   • 2001 June 24, LaManna, “My Weekend...”, in alt.punk, Usenet‎:

     […] upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]

   • 2002 December 27, Amelia, “Re: Neat things SANTA brought me...”, in alt.fashion, Usenet‎:

     And then le boyfriend perks up and names around 8 different brands (Stila, MAC, Becca, Nars etc..) - I was *SO* proud of him!! :)

   • 2003 January 10, johnny dupe (quoting nowhere man), “Re: I can walk with jezus...”, in alt.fan.wings, Usenet‎:

     That was always OUR song (me and le girlfriend of the time).

• le sigh

From French lez and French lès.

le

1. (obsolete) next to, near (still used in some place names)
   • Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road

• -el, EL, El, el

• lou

From Latin ille.

le (alternative form lou, feminine lai, plural les)

1. the

le ? (plural leou)

1. vow

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

le f pl

1. the

• el
• la
• i

• IPA^(key): /leː/, [leːˀ]

From Old Norse lé (“scythe”).

le c (singular definite leen, plural indefinite leer)

1. scythe (farm tool)

From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

le (imperative le, present ler, past lo, past participle leet or let)

1. to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

• le on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Le (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

From Old French le, from Latin illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille.[1]

• IPA^(key): /lə/
• (Parisian) IPA^(key): /lø/
• (between a vowel and a consonant) IPA^(key): /l/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ɛl/
• Rhymes: -ə

le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les)

1. The (definite article).

   Le lait du matin. ― The milk of the morning.

   [J]e suis le valeureux Don Quichotte de la Manche, le défaiseur de torts et le réparateur d’iniquités.

   I am the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha, the undoer of wrongs and the repairer of iniquities. (1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter IV)

2. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
3. (before parts of the body) The; my, your, etc.

   Il s’est cassé la jambe. ― He has broken his leg.

4. (before units) A, an.

   Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. ― fifty kilometres an hour

• le becomes l’ before a vowel or an unaspirated h.

  l’amour ― love

  l’homme ― the man

• de le is never used: contracted into du.
• à le is never used: contracted into au.

  Il a une cicatrice au visage. ― He has a scar on the face. / He has a scar on his face.

• However, de le and à le become de l' and à l' respectively in front of a vowel or an unaspirated h.

le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les)

1. (direct object) Him, it.
2. (used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English).

   Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. ― I am small and he is too ("he is it too", i.e., "he is small too").

• “le” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

le (third person feminine direct object)

1. her

• jê
• i

le

1. inflection of ler:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

le

1. masculine definite article

   Mutu le ― The man

• to

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ]

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le (not comparable)

1. down

Borrowed from Italian le.

• IPA^(key): /le/, /lɛ/

le (plural)

1. the (used only when there is no other sign of plurality, for example with nominalized adjectives)

   Yen pomi, prenez le bona e lasez le mala.

   Here's apples, take the good ones and leave the bad ones.

le (plural le-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

• la

le

1. the

• de le is contracted into del.
• a le is contracted into al.

le m (plural les)

1. him (direct object)

   Io le appella mi amico — I call him my friend.

• lé (superseded)

From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions:

1. re (“to”), from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).
2. le (“with”), from Old Irish la, from Proto-Celtic *let-, from Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”) (compare leath, Welsh lled).

• IPA^(key): /lʲɛ/

le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis)

1. with

   le héadach ― with clothing

2. used in conjunction with the copula particle is to indicate possession

   Is liomsa an hata ― The hat is mine; the hat belongs to me

   Is le Cáit an peann luaidhe. ― The pencil is Cáit’s; the pencil belongs to Cáit.

3. to (indicating purpose; in this sense triggering eclipsis of ithe (“eating”) and ól (“drinking”))

   rud le n-ithe ― something to eat

   oiriúnach le n-ól ― fit to drink

   ró-the le n-ól ― too hot to drink

4. in order to

   le rud a dhéanamh ― in order to do a thing

   Synonyms: chun, d'fhonn

• "le" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “fri”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “la”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Entries containing “le” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• IPA^(key): /le/
• Rhymes: -e

From Latin illae, which is the nominative plural feminine of ille.[1]

le f pl (singular la)

1. the

Contrary to la, le does not elide before words that begin with a vowel:

le amiche ― the girlfriends

le f pl (masculine li, singular la)

1. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)

   Le ho viste. ― I saw them.

• -le (enclitic)

• Never elides.
• Becomes glie when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

le f (plural gli)

1. (dative) her, to her

   Synonym: gli (informal)

   Le ho detto che la amo. ― I told her that I love her.

   Le ho dato la lettera. ― I gave her the letter.

2. (dative) you, to you (term of respect)

   Non le ho detto il mio nome. ― I didn't tell you my name.

   Le ho dato la lettera. ― I gave you the letter.

• In formal writing, when le is used as term of respect it is usually capitalised as Le to avoid confusion with le (“her”).
• In informal contexts often replaced with gli, especially in spoken language.
• Becomes glie when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
• Never elides.

• Le

From Arabic لَا‎ (lā). Cognate with Hebrew לא‎ (lō).

• IPA^(key): /lɛː/

le

1. no

• forsi (“maybe”)
• iva (“yes”)

le (Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄜ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 了
2. Pinyin transcription of 餎, 饹

le

1. Nonstandard spelling of lē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of lè.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /lø, le/

From French le

le

1. (definite) the

From Rotuman.

le

1. person

le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les)

1. the

• French: le

• IPA^(key): /le/
• Rhymes: -e

le

1. Alternative form of 'e

From Old Norse hlé

le (indeclinable)

1. lee or leeward (side)

le n

1. lee (sheltered or leeward side)
2. shelter

From Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”).

le (imperative le, present tense ler, passive -, simple past lo, past participle ledd, present participle leende)

1. to laugh

• “le” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /leː/

From Old Norse hlé. Akin to English lee.

• le (indeclinable)

1. lee or leeward (side)

le n

1. lee (sheltered or leeward side)
2. shelter

From Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klek-, *kleg- (“to shout”). Akin to English laugh.

le (present tense ler, past tense lo, past participle ledd or lett, present participle leande, imperative le)

1. to laugh

• “le” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

le

1. (s)he; him or her

• les
• lo
• la

• lo (9th century in The Sequence of Saint Eulalia and 10th century in La Vie de Saint Léger)

le

1. the (masculine singular oblique definite article)
2. (Picardy, Anglo-Norman) the (feminine singular definite article)

le

1. it (masculine singular object pronoun)

From Latin illīs, dative common plural of ille.

• IPA^(key): /le/
• Rhymes: -e

le m (unstressed dative form of ei)

1. (indirect object, third-person masculine plural) to them (all-male or mixed group)

le f (unstressed dative form of ele)

1. (indirect object, third-person feminine plural) to them (all-female group)

le m (unstressed accusative form of ele)

1. (direct object, third-person feminine plural) them (all-female group)

• lor (stressed dative of ei and ele)
• ele (stressed accusative of ele)
• îl (unstressed dative of el (singular))
• îi (unstressed dative of ea (singular) and unstressed accusative of ei (masculine))
• o (unstressed accusative of ea (singular))

le

1. the (the definite article)

Only in the singular. Sometimes used where the indefinite article would be used in English.

• se

From Old Irish la, from Proto-Celtic *let-, from Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”) (compare leath, Welsh lled).

• IPA^(key): /lʲɛ/, /le/

le

1. with
2. by
3. down

   Thuit e leis a' chreig.

   He fell down the rock.

   deòir a' ruith leis a h-aodann ― tears running down her face

• This form is used before nouns without the definite article; before the definite article the form leis is used.

• leis an t-sruth
• The following prepositional pronouns:

le (Cyrillic spelling ле)

1. (archaic) only
   • 1556, Hanibal Lucić, U vrime ko čisto

     Nego se varteći dugo tuj zamani,

     Goro, le htih reći, zbogome ostani.

• samo, tek

• IPA^(key): /lɛ́/

lȅ

1. only, merely, just

le

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

le

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

From Latin illī, dative of ille.

• IPA^(key): /le/

le

1. To him, for him (dative of él)

   Mi mamá va a escribirle una carta. — My mom is going to write him a letter.

2. To her, for her (dative of ella)

   Le dio un beso a Ana. — He gave Ana a kiss.

3. To it, for it (dative of ello)

   ¡Ponle esfuerzo! — Put some effort into it!

4. To you, for you (formal; dative of usted)

   ¿A usted le gustan los caballos? — Do you like horses?

• Though le is usually the indirect object form of the direct object pronouns lo/la, it is often used as a direct object as well...e.g., «yo le amo» (I love him). This phenomenon is known as leísmo.

• Note that when a sentence contains a noun that is an indirect object, a redundant indirect object le (or its plural form les) is also required; for example «yo le daré el libro a Jorge» (literally, "I him will give the book to Jorge"), where him/le corresponds to Jorge. This type of pronoun is obligatory. Both of the object pronouns le and les become se when followed by the direct object lo/la/los/las; hence, «yo se lo daré» (I will give it to him/her/them) rather than «yo le/les lo daré».

-le (declinable)

1. that (distal demonstrative adjective)

• hii
• hiyo

From Old Swedish lēia, lea, from Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

• IPA^(key): /leː/

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• Rhymes: -eː

le

1. to smile
2. (obsolete) to laugh

• småle
• leende

• löje

• l'

le m pl or f pl

1. the

le

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L.

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˧]

(classifier cây) le

1. a plant in the rice family, which grows in forests and has a shape similar to bamboo

le

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) Alternative form of lè (“to loll (tongue); to put out”)

le

1. (rare) Alternative form of lè (“very”)

le

1. (archaic) but; however

• IPA^(key): /leː/

le

1. Soft mutation of lle.

le

1. (South Wales, colloquial) where

   Le ma'r tŷ bach?

   Where's the loo?

• ble
• (North Wales, colloquial) lle

le

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

le

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlé/

le

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

le

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “le”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “le (2)”