les

• lez

• (UK, US), IPA^(key): /lɛz/
• Rhymes: -ɛz

les (plural leses)

1. (slang, colloquial) Clipping of lesbian.

les (comparative more les, superlative most les)

1. (slang, colloquial) Clipping of lesbian.

• ELs, ESL, LSE, SLE, els

From Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

• IPA^(key): /lɛs/

les (plural lesse, diminutive lesje)

1. lesson

From Latin illas.

les f pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)

1. (definite) the

From Latin illās, from ille.

les f pl (masculine plural els, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

1. the; feminine plural definite article

les (enclitic and proclitic)

1. them (feminine, direct object)

Borrowed from Latin laesus.

les (feminine lesa, masculine plural lesos, feminine plural leses)

1. (law) harmed

• crim de lesa humanitat

• il·lès

• “les” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

• IPA^(key): /lɛs/

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• Homophone: lez

les m inan

1. forest

• hvozd

• lesní
• lesník
• jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá

• les in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• les in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

les c

1. genitive singular indefinite of le

• IPA^(key): /lɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

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From Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)

1. course, lesson

• gymles
• gymnastiekles
• lesgeven
• lesrooster
• lessen
• paardrijles
• rijles
• zangles
• zwemles

• Afrikaans: les

See the etymology of the main entry.

les

1. first-person singular present indicative of lessen
2. imperative of lessen

• els

From Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f which are the accusative plurals of ille.[1]

• IPA^(key): /le/

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• Homophones: lé, lés

les

1. plural of le: the
2. plural of la: the

les

1. plural of le: them
2. plural of la: them

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

• sel

les

1. second-person singular present indicative of ler

• IPA^(key): /leːs/

les

1. (colloquial) First-person singular present of lesen.
2. (colloquial) Imperative singular of lesen.

From Proto-Ugric *läćɜ (“hiding place; lurk”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi lǟš-', Northern Mansi lāś-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃ]

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les (plural lesek)

1. (soccer) offside

les

1. (transitive) to spy
2. (transitive) to stare, goggle
3. (transitive) to cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

• leselkedik
• lesés

• IPA^(key): /lɛːs/
• Rhymes: -ɛːs

les n (genitive singular less, nominative plural les)

1. (linguistics) lexeme (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)
2. (computing) lexeme (individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis)

• (lexeme): flettiorð

• lesgreining
• lesgreinir

• tóki

les

1. first-person singular of lesa (“to read”)

   Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.

   I read a lot of German books.

2. third-person singular of lesa (“to read”)

   Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.

   Pálmi always reads the same story, even though he has many books.

les

1. (dative) to them

• Precedes conjugated verbs.
• Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).

From Latin illas.

les f (plural)

1. the

• l
• la, l'
• i

• lese, lees, leas, leasse

From Old English lēas (“false, void, loose”), from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (“loose, free”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to untie, set free, sever”). Cognate with Middle High German lōs (“loose”), Old Swedish lø̄s (“loose”); a doublet of loos.

• IPA^(key): /lɛːs/

les

1. false; lying; deceptive

les (uncountable)

1. falsehood; a lie

   • c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, line 120-121:

     He is so fayre, withoutten les, He semys full well to sytt on des.

     He is so good, without falsehood; / (so) he's really suited to sit on a dais.

     c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, line 158-159:

     We held with hym ther he saide leasse / And therfor have we all unpeasse.

     We stayed with him when he uttered untruth, / and therefore we all feel discord.

     c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, line 193-195:

     Ye shall have joye and blis therin / Whils ye will kepe you out of syn, / I say withoutten lese.

     You'll have joy and tranquility within / if you keep yourself out of sin, / I say, without lies.

les m pl or f pl (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)

1. the

• French: les

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les pl (singular lé, and la)

1. Alternative form of l's

• les boutons ― the nipples

  les êpices ― the spices

  les lédgeunmes ― the vegetables

  les ridgieaux ― the curtains

les

1. imperative of lese

les

1. present tense of lesa and lese
2. imperative of lesa and lese

les

1. they; them

• le
• los
• las

From Latin illas and illos.

les

1. the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
2. the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
3. the (masculine plural oblique definite article)

• French: les

From Bengali.

les

1. tail

• IPA^(key): /lêːs/

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“tree, forest”).

• (Ijekavian) lijȇs

lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

1. coffin
2. (regionally) lumber
3. (regionally) forest, woods

From German Löss.

lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

1. (geology) loess

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs/

les m (genitive singular lesa, nominative plural lesy, genitive plural lesov, declension pattern of dub)

1. forest

• les in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈléːs/
• Tonal orthography: lẹ̑s

lés m inan (genitive lesá or lésa, nominative plural lesôvi or lési)

1. wood

From Latin illīs, dative plural of ille.

• IPA^(key): /les/

les

1. dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them
2. dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)