le
/lə//leɪ/
le article: the.
Article
le
- the
- If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.
- Le mew. Le purr.1949, Michael Maltese, For Scent-imental Reasons, spoken by Penelope Pussycat
Preposition
le
Noun capitalized: LE
LE (uncountable)
- Initialism of law enforcement.
- LE seized the package.
- Initialism of limited edition.
- Initialism of luxury edition.
Proper noun capitalized: Le
Le (plural Les)
- A surname.
le meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
le in Tamil
- லே, லெ
le in Telugu
- లే, లె
le in Malayalam
- ലെ, ലേ
More languagesFewer languages
- le in Kannada
- ಲೆ
- le in Odia
- ଲେ
Examples of le in a sentence
- […]upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]2001 June 24, LaManna, “My Weekend...”, in alt.punk (Usenet):
- And then le boyfriend perks up and names around 8 different brands (Stila, MAC, Becca, Nars etc..) - I was *SO* proud of him!! :)2002 December 27, Amelia, “Re: Neat things SANTA brought me...”, in alt.fashion (Usenet):
- That was always OUR song (me and le girlfriend of the time).2003 January 10, johnny dupe (quoting nowhere man), “Re: I can walk with jezus...”, in alt.fan.wings (Usenet):
Forms of le
| plural | Les |
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Origin of le
Borrowed from French le (“the”). Popularized especially by the expression le sigh.
borrowed from Old French lez (“side”).
* As a Chinese surname: ** Mandarin form of the surname 樂 /乐, ** Mandarin form of the surname 勒, ** variant of Li, ** variant Romanization of the surname 呂 /吕 (lǚ), compare Lu. * As a Vietnamese surname, variant of Lê and Lệ.
Words formed from le
Phrases with le
59 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Le Locle
- Le Muids
- Le Noble
- Le Queux
- Le Sueur
- Le Tache
- Le Vegre
- Le Breton
- Le Center
- Le Sagian
- Le Bourget
- Le Creusot
- Le Guinian
- Le Quesnoy
- Le Tellier
- Le Touquet
- Le Tréport
- Le Vauclin
- Le Verrier
- Le Vésinet
- Le Bouveret
- Le Lamentin
- Le Mans car
- Pepe Le Pew
- Le Châtelard
- Le Classique
- Le Mans cars
- Le Sud-Ouest
- Le Puy lentil
- Morgan le Fay
- tout le monde
- Burgh le Marsh
- Holton le Clay
- Holton le Moor
- le dollar bean
- Mareham le Fen
- ouster le main
- Grand le Pierre
- le dollar beans
- Le Flore County
- Le Puy-en-Velay
- Le Sueur County
- Adwick le Street
- Barnetby le Wold
- Le Petit-Quevilly
- Wharram le Street
- Donington le Heath
- Le Chatelier's law
- Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
- Sturton le Steeple
- Walsham le Willows
- épater le bourgeois
- Le Buisson-de-Cadouin
- Laughton en le Morthen
- Le Haut-Saint-François
- Le Chatelier's principle
- Le Châtelier's principle
- Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou
- Hugglescote and Donington le Heath
Words that rhyme with le
Questions about le
- What does le mean?
- Le means the.
- What is le in Tamil?
- Le in Tamil is லே, லெ. See Le meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use le in a sentence?
- […]upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]
- What part of speech is le?
- Le can be an article, a preposition, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce le?
- Le is pronounced /lə/.
Words near le in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: le (page history and authors); LE (page history and authors); Le (page history and authors); le (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); le (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); le (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); le (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); le (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); le (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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