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le

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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French le.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (usual pronunciation, like French) /lə/; also (esp. US or online) /leɪ/, (rarely) /li/, (emulating Parisian French) /lø/
Rhymes: -e

Article

(informal, humorous) The.

Usage notes

Marks the speaker as pretending to be stereotypically French. For additional jocular effect, may be used where neither English nor French would place a definite article.

Related terms

le sigh

Etymology 2

From Old French lez.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lə/, /li/

Preposition

(obsolete) Next to, near (still used in some place names).

Witton-le-Wear, Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole

Anagrams

-el, EL, El, el

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈle/ [ˈlɛ]

Verb

lé

(transitive) have

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 284

Albanian

Etymology 1

Jussive particle le (“let”) corresponds with 2nd person/singular Aorist form of Albanian lë (“to let/leave (go/behind)”); le (“you let/left (go/behind)”). From Proto-Albanian *laide (“let”). Identical to Baltic permissive and optative particles Latvian lai (“to let”), Lithuanian laĩ, Old Prussian -lai.

Cognate to Albanian lihem (“to be left; allowed”) (Standard & Tosk), Gheg Albanian lêhem, lêna (passive forms of active lë).

Verb

le (aorist láshë, participle lënë)

second-person singular aorist active indicative of lë
second-person singular aorist passive indicative of lihem

Particle

le (+)

(jussive) let
Jussive modal particle used before verbs. A gentle way to express orders, instructions or to ask for approval/permission. Jussive construction:
1. jussive particle → le (“let”)

2. + subjunctive particle → të (“it”)

3. + → subjunctive verb form (present, imperfect, perfect or past perfect). See also (*) for irregular verbs.

Examples: third-person singular present active jussive of marr:
le (“let”) + të + marrë (“take”)

le të marrë ― let it take

third-person singular present passive jussive of merrem:
le (“let”) + të + merret (“deal (with)”)

le të merret ― let it deal (with)

third-person singular present active jussive of shkoj:
le (“let”) + të + shkojë (“go”)

le të shkojë ― let him go

third-person plural present active jussive of shkoj:
le (“let”) + të + shkojnë (“go”)

le të shkojnë ― let them go

third-person singular present active jussive of flas:
le (“let”) + të + flasë (“talk; speak”)

le të flasë ― let him talk

third-person plural present active jussive of flas:
le (“let”) + të + flasin (“talk; speak”)

le të flasin ― let them talk

(*) Irregular verb:
indicative/present → subjunctive/present

është (“is”) → jetë (“be”)

Example: third-person singular present active jussive of jam:
le (“let”) + të (“it”) + jetë (“be”)

le të jetë ― let it be
(subjunctive) + që (“that”) → subjunctive: not only that; if only; would that
Le që... ― Not only that...
(Gheg, subjunctive) → mostly + se (“that”) instead of që (“id”): not only that; if only; would that
Le se... ― Not only that...

References

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *laida, an ostensibly o-grade thematic present from the root *leyd- (“to let go, release”).

Verb

le needs inflection

(dialectal) to give birth, bear
Synonyms: lej, lind

lehet ― is born

u le ― to be born

Related terms

lej, lind

References

Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 56: “nascere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that one”).

Pronoun

(to) him (indirect object)

Synonyms

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ille.

Article

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

Breton

Noun

le ? (plural leou)

Chinese

Etymology

From English lesbian.

Pronunciation

Noun

(China, Internet slang) lesbian

Cornish

From Proto-Brythonic *lleɣ, from Proto-Celtic *legyom. Cognate to Welsh lle and Breton lec'h.

Noun

le m (plural leow)

place, location
space, seat

Derived terms

leel (“local”)
leelieth (“localism”)
yn le (“instead of, in place of, in lieu of”)

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin illae, feminine plural of ille (“that”), from Old Latin olle. Cognates include Italian le (“the, them”) and French les (“the, them”).

Article

Archaic form of e.

Pronoun

Archaic form of e.

References

https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Article

le f pl

Related terms

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [leˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lé (“scythe”), from Proto-Germanic *lewô, cognate with Norwegian ljå and Swedish lie.

Noun

le c (singular definite leen, plural indefinite leer)

scythe (farm tool)

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, cognate with English laugh and German lachen.

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Fala

Etymology

From Latin illī.

Pronoun

Third person dative pronoun; to him, to her, to it, to them

Usage notes

Takes the form -li when suffixed to an impersonal verb form.

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[9], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

le (ORB, broad)

Alternative form of lo

Pronoun

le (ORB, broad)

Alternative form of lo

References

le [1] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
le in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lə/
(before a word starting with a vowel) IPA^(key): /l‿/
(Paris) IPA^(key): /lø/
(Louisiana) IPA^(key): /l(ə)/
Rhymes: -ə

Article

le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les, prevocalic masculine or feminine singular l’)

the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. ― The milk of the morning.
Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
Used before the names of most countries, many subnational regions, and other geographical names including names of lakes and streets; not translated into English in most cases.
(before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. ― He has broken his leg.
(before units) a, an, per
cinquante kilomètres à l’heure ― fifty kilometres an hour

trois dollars le morceau ― three dollars per piece
(before dates) on
Je suis née le 1er juillet 1967. ― I was born on July 1, 1967.

Usage notes

le becomes l’ before a vowel or an unaspirated h.
l’amour ― love

l’endroit ― the place

l’homme ― the man
When the article le is preceded by the prepositions de or à, *de le or *à le is not used (except dialectally); instead, it is contracted into du or au, respectively. Likewise, *de les and *à les are replaced by des and aux (except dialectally). However, la may be preceded by de and à.
Il a une cicatrice au visage. ― He has a scar on the face. / He has a scar on his face.
*de le and *à le become de l' and à l' respectively in front of a vowel or an unaspirated h.

Pronoun

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

(direct object) him, it
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 (literally, “... and he is it too”)

Usage notes

Unlike the definite article le, the pronouns le and les may be preceded by the prepositions de and à: Je cherchais à le voir. ― I was trying to see him.

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Friulian

Pronoun

le (third person feminine direct object)

Related terms

Fula

Particle

(Pular, Maasina) as for, truly
(Maasina)

(Pular)

References

Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.

Galician

Verb

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

Garifuna

Article

masculine definite article
Mutu le ― The man

Antonyms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛ]
Rhymes: -lɛ

Adverb

le (comparative lejjebb)

down

Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with le-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see le-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

Anagrams

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/, /lɛ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian le.

Article

le (plural)

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

Etymology 2

From l +‎ -e.

Noun

le (plural le-i)

The name of the Latin script letter L/l.

Interlingua

Article

Usage notes

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

Pronoun

le m (plural les)

him (direct object)
Io le appella mi amico. ― I call him my friend.

Irish

Alternative forms

lé (superseded)

Etymology

From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions:

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lʲɛ/

Preposition

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

with
le héadach ― with clothing
used in conjunction with the copula particle is and a noun to indicate possession
(in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective) in the opinion of, in the consideration of
to (indicating purpose; in this sense triggering eclipsis of vowel-initial verbal nouns)
rud le n-ithe ― something to eat

oiriúnach le n-ól ― fit to drink

ró-the le n-ól ― too hot to drink
to (after a verb of speaking)
in order to
Synonyms: chun, d'fhonn

le rud a dhéanamh ― in order to do a thing

Inflection

Quotations

Níl sé ina lá (Irish traditional song):

Derived terms

See Category:Irish phrasal verbs formed with "le"

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/
Rhymes: -e
Hyphenation: le

Etymology 1

From Latin illae, which is the nominative plural feminine of ille. Cognate with Sicilian li~i.

Article

le f pl (singular la)

Usage notes

Contrary to la, le does not elide before words that begin with a vowel:
le amiche ― (the female) friends

Pronoun

le f pl (masculine li, singular la)

(accusative) them (third-person plural feminine)
Le ho viste. ― I saw them.

Usage notes

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

Alternative forms

-le (enclitic)

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *illae, a nonstandard form of Latin illī (dative singular of illa). The ae in illae is modelled under influence of the dative case for first-declension feminine nouns, e.g. Classical Latin puellae. Cognate with Sicilian ci.

Pronoun

le f (plural gli)

(dative) her, to her
Synonym: (informal) gli

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

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

Usage notes

In formal writing, when le is used as term of respect it is usually capitalised/capitalized 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.

Alternative forms

References

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of れ゚
Rōmaji transcription of レ゚

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish le, from Latin illī, dative of ille.

Pronoun

le m or f by sense (Hebrew spelling לי)

to him, for him; dative of el
to her, for her; dative of eya
to it, for it; dative of eyo

References

Maltese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛː/

Adverb

no
Synonym: leqq (colloquial)

Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

le (le⁵ / le⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄌㄜ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 了
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 餎 / 饹

Nonstandard spelling of lē.
Nonstandard spelling of lè.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French le.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lø, le/

Article

(definite) the

Meriam

Etymology

From Rotuman.

Noun

person

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French le, from Latin illum.

Article

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

Descendants

French: le

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/
Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

Alternative form of 'e

Coordinate terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlé.

Adjective

le (indeclinable)

lee or leeward (side)

Noun

le n

lee (sheltered or leeward side)
shelter

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

to laugh

References

“le” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leː/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

læ, læja (archaic or obsolete)

Verb

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

(intransitive) to laugh

Derived terms

Related terms

latter
løye
lått

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlé. Akin to English lee.

Noun

le n (definite singular leet, indefinite plural le, definite plural lea)

lee (sheltered or leeward side)
shelter

Adjective

le (indeclinable)

lee or leeward (side)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

imperative of lea

References

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin illum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lə/

Article

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

Usage notes

When coming after en, the two words combine into el.

Inflection

Pronoun

it (masculine singular object pronoun)

Descendants

Middle French: le
- French: le

Anagrams

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *le.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /lʲɛ/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /lʲɛ/

Conjunction

but
only
that is, namely

Related terms

Descendants

Middle Polish: le

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “le”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Phalura

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le, ɽe/

Determiner

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

that, this (agr: dist fem / dist non-nom masc)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “le”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[18], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le, ɽe/

Determiner

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

those, these (agr: dist)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “le”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[19], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le, ɽe/

Pronoun

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

that one
it
she (dist fem nom)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “le”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[20], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le, ɽe/

Pronoun

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

those ones
these ones
they (dist nom)

References

Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “le”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[21], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *laːj. Cognate with Khasi lai. Compare Proto-Palaungic *ləʔɔːj (whence Blang [La Gang] lɔ́j) and Car Nicobarese lōe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/

Numeral

(cardinal number) three

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin illīs, dative common plural of ille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/
Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

le m (unstressed dative form of ei)

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

Pronoun

le f (unstressed dative form of ele)

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

Pronoun

le m (unstressed accusative form of ele)

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

Related terms

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))

Samoan

Article

the (the definite article)

Usage notes

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish la. Cognates include Irish le and Manx lesh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/
Hyphenation: le

Preposition

le (+ dative, no mutation, before the definite article leis)

with
by
down
Thuit e leis a' chreig. ― He fell down the rock.

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

Usage notes

When referring to being with people, còmhla ri is preferred to le by many speakers.

Inflection

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

le (Cyrillic spelling ле)

(archaic) only

Related terms

samo, tek

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛ́/

Adverb

lȅ

only, merely, just

Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illī, dative of ille.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/ [le]
Rhymes: -e
Syllabification: le

Pronoun

le m or f by sense

to him, for him; dative of él
to her, for her; dative of ella
to it, for it; dative of ello
to you, for you (formal); dative of usted
(leísmo, dialectal) you (formal); accusative of usted
Synonyms: lo, la
(leísmo, dialectal) him; accusative of él
Synonym: lo
(leísmo, dialectal, proscribed except in impersonal sentences with "se") it; accusative of ello
Synonym: (when proscribed) lo
(leísmo, dialectal, proscribed except in impersonal sentences with "se") her; accusative of ella
Synonym: (when proscribed) la

Usage notes

Though le is usually the indirect object form of the direct object pronouns lo/la, it is often used in Spain 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 will give him 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.

Pronoun

le gender-neutral

(gender-neutral, neologism) to them, for them (singular); dative of elle

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

-le (declinable)

that (distal demonstrative adjective)

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leː/
Rhymes: -eː

Verb

le (present ler, preterite log, supine lett, imperative le)

to smile
(obsolete) to laugh
Synonym: skratta

Conjugation

Derived terms

småle

Related terms

leende
löje

References

le in Svensk ordbok (SO)
le in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

e.l., el, el.

Tarantino

Alternative forms

Article

le m pl or f pl

Turkish

Noun

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛ˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-lɛː (“bamboo”). Doublet of tre.

Noun

(classifier cây) le

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

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier con) le • (𪅆)

(obsolete) lesser whistling duck
- Nam Giao cổ kim lý hạng ca dao chú giải 南交古金里巷歌謠註解 ("Old and new folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys in Nanjiao, annotated and explained"), 151a

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

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

Etymology 4

Adverb

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

Etymology 5

Conjunction

(archaic) but; however

Derived terms

song le

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /leː/
Rhymes: -eː

Noun

Soft mutation of lle.

Adverb

(South Wales, colloquial) where

Synonyms

ble
(North Wales, colloquial) lle

Mutation

Xhosa

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lé]

Pronoun

lé

these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [lé]

Pronoun

lé

this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(low-tone): IPA^(key): /lè/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /lē/
(high-tone): IPA^(key): /lé/

Etymology 1

Verb

lè

(auxiliary, defective) to be able, can, to be possible
Ó lè gbọ́ Yorùbá. ― She can understand Yoruba.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

to be hard in texture, to be difficult
Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja. ― The work is as hard as a fish's eye.
(idiomatic) to be healthy, to be in good health
Synonym: yá

ṣe ará le o? ― Are you in good health?

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

to have a strong taste
Ọtí yìí le. ― This beer is strong.

Derived terms

ale
lekó

Etymology 4

Verb

to have an erection (of the penis)

Derived terms

Etymology 5

Verb

lé

(transitive) to exceed in number
to yield interest

Derived terms

èlé (“interest”)

Etymology 6

Verb

lé

(intransitive) to appear distinctly

Derived terms

Alébíoṣù (“A Yoruba nickname meaning, "One that appears very distinctly like the moon."”)
léfòó

Etymology 7

Preposition

lé

on, on top of, after
Wọ́n bí Àlàbá lé Ìdòwú. ― Alaba was born right after Idowu.

Usage notes

When a word is homophonous with the verb 'lé'; it always occurs in a non-V1 position.

Derived terms

gbẹ́kẹ̀lé (“to trust”)

Etymology 8

Verb

lé

(transitive) to pursue, to chase
Wọ́n lé e nílèékulèé, òun náà sàsàákúsàá. ― They pursued him relentlessly, and he also ran relentlessly.

Derived terms

ìlé

Etymology 9

Verb

lé

(transitive) to become swollen
Synonyms: ré, wú

Derived terms

ìlé

Zou

Conjunction

References

http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

Zulu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlé/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

Inflection

References

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

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Preposition

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Albanian

Etymology 1

Verb

Particle

See also

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

Related terms

References

Aragonese

Etymology

Pronoun

Synonyms

Bourguignon

Alternative forms

Etymology

Article

Breton

Noun

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Cornish

Noun

Derived terms

Corsican

Etymology

Article

Pronoun

References

Dalmatian

Etymology

Article

Related terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

See also

Fala

Etymology

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

References

Franco-Provençal

Determiner

Pronoun

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Article

Usage notes