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les

/lɛz/

les is the pronunciation spelling of let's.

les is the clipping of lesbian.

Meaning of let's

Verb

let’s

  1. Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
    • Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
  2. Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
    • Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.

Meaning of lesbian

Adjective

lesbian (comparative more lesbian, superlative most lesbian)

  1. Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.
    • Lesbian fans of the show were rooting for Jane and Amanda to get together.
    1. (broadly) Preferring primarily women as romantic or sexual partners.
  2. Between two or more women; homosexual, gay.
    • a lesbian relationship / marriage / kiss
    Synonyms:
    dyke, gay, homosexual
  3. (especially) Intended for lesbians.
    • We're going to a lesbian bar tonight.

See all 13 meanings of lesbian

Noun capitalized: LES

LES (countable and uncountable, plural LESs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of launch escape system.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lower esophageal sphincter.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of lake effect snow.
  4. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Leave and Earnings Statement.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: LES

LES

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Lower East Side.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Les

Les

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Lester and Leslie.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Leslie.

Forms of les

Adjective
comparativemore les
superlativemost les
alternative formlez
Noun
pluralleses
pluralLESs

Words formed from les

Phrases with les

11 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with les

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about les

What does les mean?
Les means a diminutive of the male given names Lester and Leslie.
What is les the pronunciation spelling of?
Les is the pronunciation spelling of let's.
What part of speech is les?
Les can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce les?
Les is pronounced /lɛz/.
What is the plural of les?
The plural of les is leses.

Words near les in the dictionary

  1. lerrets
  2. Lerro
  3. Lerros
  4. lersivirine
  5. Lerwick
  6. les
  7. Les Angles
  8. Les Arcs
  9. Les Bleus
  10. Les Cayes
  11. Les Cleyves

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: les (page history and authors); LES (page history and authors); Les (page history and authors); let's (page history and authors); lesbian (page history and authors). 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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