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Engleski

Sistem

en+ng=eng

Etymology 1

From Francuski le.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /lə/, /leɪ/
• Rime: -ə, -eɪ
• Homophone: lay

Article

le

1. (informal, humorous) The.
   • 1949, Michael Maltese, For Scent-imental Reasons, spoken by Penelope Pussycat:

     Le mew. Le purr.

   • Šablon:quote-video game
   • 2001 jun 24, LaManna, “My Weekend...”, in alt.punk‎^[1] (Usenet):

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

   • 2002 decembar 27, Amelia, “Re: Neat things SANTA brought me...”, in alt.fashion‎^[2] (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 januar 10, johnny dupe (quoting nowhere man), “Re: I can walk with jezus...”, in alt.fan.wings‎^[3] (Usenet):

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

   • 2012 oktobar 1, Miranda Kenneally, Stealing Parker, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 63:

     That's when Waitress Seductress Extraordinaire comes back and gets our order. […] "We're sharing an order of à la Appalachia, he says, handing over the menus and turning his focus back to me. Le waitress stomps off. I ask, "Why are they called that?" "Because when they've got the fries stacked up they're higher than a mountain range." I groan and touch my stomach. "You're funny," he says, his eyes twinkling.

Usage notes

Marks the speaker as pretending to be stereotypically French.

Related terms

• le sigh

Etymology 2

From Francuski lez and lès.

Preposition

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.

Anagrams

• -el, EL, El, el ^{(alphagram el)}

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Albanian

Etymology

Jussive particle le (“let”) corresponds with 2nd person/singular Aorist form of Albanski lë (“I 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 Albanski lihem (“I am left; allowed”) (Standard & Tosk), Gheg Albanian lêhem, lêna (passive forms of active lë).

Verb

le (first-person singular past tense láshë, participle lënë)

1. second-person singular aorist active indicative of lë
2. second-person singular aorist passive indicative of lihem

Particle

le (+)

1. (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

2. (subjunctive) + që (“that”) → subjunctive: not only that; if only; would that

   Le që... ― Not only that...

3. (Gheg, subjunctive) → mostly + se (“that”) instead of që (“id”): not only that; if only; would that

   Le se... ― Not only that...

See also

• do, do të
• le të, le që, le se
• të, se, që

Further reading

• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 273 (juss. particle ¹le / ²le (+ që) → subjunc. / verb ³le 2nd p./sg. aor. of lë)
• [4] jussive particle le (engl. let) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [5] conjugation active verb lë (e kryera e thjeshtë (engl. Aorist): 1st/sg) lashë; (2nd/sg) le; (3rd/sg) la; (1st/pl) lamë; (2nd/pl) latë; (3rd/pl) lanë) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latinski ille (“that one”).

Pronoun

le

1. (to) him (indirect object)

Synonyms

• li

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Bourguignon

Alternative forms

• lou

Etymology

From Latinski ille.

Article

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

1. the

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Breton

Noun

1. vow

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Corsican

Etymology

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

Article

le

1. Šablon:archaic form of

Pronoun

le

1. Šablon:archaic form of

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latinski illae, nominative feminine plural of ille.

Article

le f pl

1. the

Related terms

• el
• la
• i

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Danish

En le – a scythe.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): [leˀ]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lé (“scythe”), from Pra-Germanski *lewô, cognate with Norveški ljå and Švedski lie.

Noun

le c (singular definite leen, plural indefinite leer)

1. scythe (farm tool)

Inflection

Declension of le

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	le	leen	leer	leerne
genitive	les	leens	leers	leernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlæja, from Pra-Germanski *hlahjaną, cognate with Engleski laugh and Nemački lachen.

Verb

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)

See also

• le na the Danski Vikipediji.Vikipediji ^da
• Le (flertydig) na the Danski Vikipediji.Vikipediji ^da

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /lə/
• (Parisian) MFA^(ključ): /lø/
• (before a word starting with a vowel) MFA^(ključ): /l‿/

• audio:

  (file)

• (Louisiana) MFA^(ključ): /ɛl/
• Rime: -ə

Article

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

1. the (definite article)

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

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Pronoun

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 (literally, “... and he is it too”)

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Reflexive	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’			—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui, soi
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle, soi
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux, soi
		Feminine	elles						elles, soi

Further reading

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

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Friulian

Pronoun

le (third person feminine direct object)

1. her

Related terms

• jê
• i

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Galician

Verb

le

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

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Garifuna

Article

le

1. masculine definite article

   Mutu le ― The man

Antonyms

• to

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): [ˈlɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rime: -lɛ

Adverb

le (comparative lejjebb)

1. down

Further reading

• le in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN 9630535793

Anagrams

• el

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italijanski le.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le/, /lɛ/

Article

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.

Noun

le (plural le-i)

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

See also

• (Latinski tekst imena slova) 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 ^{(Kategorija: io:Latinski imena slova)}

See also

• la

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Interlingua

Article

le

1. the

Usage notes

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

Pronoun

le m (plural les)

1. him (direct object)

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

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Irish

Alternative forms

• lé (superseded)

Etymology

From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions:

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

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /lʲɛ/

Preposition

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 Šablon:ga-mut-link 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. to (after a verb of speaking)
   • Níl sé ina lá (Irish traditional song):

     ga

     —Is é dúirt sí liom “ní bhfaighidh tú deor. / Buail an bóthar is gabh abhaile.”, And what she said to me was, “you won’t get a drop. / Hit the road and go home.”

1. in order to

   le rud a dhéanamh ― in order to do a thing

   Sinonimi: chun, d'fhonn

Derived terms

• abair le
• ar olca le
• dar le
• i mborr le
• in éineacht le
• le chéile
• le thine
• maidir le

 

See Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (le)

Further reading

• "le" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fri” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “la” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• Entries containing “le” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le/
• Rime: -e
• Hifenacija: le

Etymology 1

From Latinski illae, which is the nominative plural feminine of ille.

Article

Šablon:Italian definite articles le f pl (singular la)

1. the

Usage notes

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

le amiche ― the girlfriends

Pronoun

le f pl (masculine li, singular la)

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

   Le ho viste. ― I saw them.

Alternative forms

• -le (enclitic)

Usage notes

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

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m'			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t'					te
	third	m	lui	si,2 s'	lo, l'	gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
		f 1	lei, Lei		la, l', La	le,3 Le			lei, Lei, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c'			—		noi
	second	—	voi	vi, v'					voi
	third	m	loro, Loro	si, s'	li	gli, loro (formal), Loro	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro, sé
		f 1			le
1	The feminine gender forms are also used as formal terms of address, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *illae, a nonstandard form of Latinski 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 puellae.

Pronoun

le f (plural gli)

1. (dative) her, to her

   Sinonim: (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.

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Alternative forms

• Le

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m'			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t'					te
	third	m	lui	si,2 s'	lo, l'	gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
		f 1	lei, Lei		la, l', La	le,3 Le			lei, Lei, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c'			—		noi
	second	—	voi	vi, v'					voi
	third	m	loro, Loro	si, s'	li	gli, loro (formal), Loro	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro, sé
		f 1			le
1	The feminine gender forms are also used as formal terms of address, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

Anagrams

• el ^{(alphagram el)}

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Japanese

Romanization

le

1. Rōmaji transcription of れ゚
2. Rōmaji transcription of レ゚

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arapski لَا (lā). Cognate with Hebrejski לא (lō).

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /lɛː/

Adverb

1. no

Sinonim: (Colloquial) leqq

Related terms

• bla
• la

See also

• forsi (“maybe”)
• iva (“yes”)

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Mandarin

Romanizacija

le (Zhuyin )

1. Pinyin prevod od 了
2. Pinyin prevod od 餎／饹, 饹

Romanizacija

le

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

Usage notes

• 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.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Francuski le

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /lø, le/

Article

le

1. (definite) the

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Meriam

Etymology

From Rotuman.

Noun

le

1. person

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Middle French

Etymology

From Stari Francuski le, from Latinski illum

Article

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

1. the

Descendants

• Francuski: le

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Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le/
• Rime: -e

Pronoun

le

1. Alternative form of 'e

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Reflexive	Possessive	Prepositional
singular	first-person	io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second-person, familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	llòro	'e (le)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlé

Adjective

le (indeclinable)

1. lee or leeward (side)

Noun

le n

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Pra-Germanski *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)

1. to laugh

References

• “le” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /leː/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

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

1. (intransitive) to laugh

Derived terms

• dumle
• forle
• gaple
• hegrele
• hånle
• skamle
• småle
• storle

 

Related terms

• latter
• løye
• lått

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlé. Akin to Engleski lee.

Noun

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

Adjective

le (indeclinable)

1. lee or leeward (side)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

le

1. imperative of lea

Anagrams

• el

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Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latinski illum

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /lə/

Article

le

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

Pronoun

le

1. it (masculine singular object pronoun)

Descendants

• Middle French: le
  • Francuski: le

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Old Polish

Conjunction

le

1. but
2. only

Descendants

• Poljski: byle

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Phalura

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le, ɽe/

Determiner

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

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

References

• Šablon:R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le, ɽe/

Determiner

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

1. those, these (agr: dist)

References

• Šablon:R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le, ɽe/

Pronoun

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

1. that one
2. it
3. she (dist fem nom)

References

• Šablon:R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le, ɽe/

Pronoun

le (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling لےۡ)

1. those ones
2. these ones
3. they (dist nom)

References

• Šablon:R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab

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Pnar

Pnar cardinal brojevi

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : le     Ordinal : wa le

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le/

Numeral

le

1. (cardinal number) three

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latinski illīs, dative common plural of ille.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le/
• Rime: -e

Pronoun

le m (unstressed dative form of ei)

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

Pronoun

le f (unstressed dative form of ele)

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

Pronoun

le m (unstressed accusative form of ele)

1. (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))

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Samoan

Article

le

1. the (the definite article)

Usage notes

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

See also

• se

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish la. Cognates include Irski leath and Manx lesh.

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /le/
• Hifenacija: le

Preposition

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

Usage notes

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

le (Ćirilica spelling le)

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

     Nego se varteći dugo tuj zamani,

     Goro, le htih reći, zbogome ostani.

Related terms

• samo, tek

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Slovene

Adverb

lȅ

1. only, merely, just

Further reading

• Šablon:R:sl:Fran

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

Pronoun

le

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

le

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latinski illī, dative of ille.

Pronunciation

(Castilian)

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Pronoun

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?

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

   Le diré que te llame. ― I will tell them to call you.

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 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.

See also

Španske lične zamenice

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí1
	plural	masc.		nosotros	nos		nosotros
		fem.		nosotras			nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti1
		voseo		vos			vos
		formal2		usted	le	lo/la3	usted
	plural	familiar4	masc.	vosotros	os		vosotros
			fem.	vosotras			vosotras
		formal/general2		ustedes	les	los/las3	ustedes
third person	singular	masc.		él	le	lo	él
		fem.		ella		la	ella
		neut.		ello5		lo/la3	ello
	plural	masc.		ellos	les	los	ellos
		fem.		ellas		las	ellas
	sing. & pl.	reflexive		—	se		sí1

• Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  
• If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., "Se lo dije" instead of "Le lo dije")

¹ Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively

² Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity

³ Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to

⁴ Used primarily in Spain

⁵ Used only in rare circumstances

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

1. that (distal demonstrative adjective)

See also

• hii
• hiyo

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /leː/

• audio:

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• Rime: -eː

Verb

1. to smile
2. (obsolete) to laugh

Derived terms

• småle

Related terms

• löje

Anagrams

• e.l., el, el. ^{(alphagram el)}

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Tarantino

Alternative forms

• l'

Article

le m pl or f pl

1. the

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Turkish

Noun

le

1. The name of the Latinsko pismo letter L/l.

See also

• (Latinica-tekst imena slova) 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

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifier cây) le

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

Etymology 2

Verb

le

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

Etymology 3

Adverb

le

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

Etymology 4

Conjunction

1. (archaic) but; however

Derived terms

Izvedeni termini

• song le

 

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): /leː/
• Rime: -eː

Noun

le

1. Soft mutation of lle.

Adverb

le

1. (South Wales, colloquial) where

   Le ma'r tŷ bach?

   Where's the loo?

Synonyms

• ble
• (North Wales, colloquial) lle

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Xhosa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): [lé]

Pronoun

lé

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• MFA^(ključ): [lé]

Pronoun

lé

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

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Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (low-tone):
• (mid-tone):
• (high-tone):

Etymology 1

Verb

1. (auxiliary, defective) to be able, can, to be possible

   Ó lè gbọ́ Yorùbá. ― She can understand Yoruba.

Derived terms

• ìlè (“ability”)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

1. to be hard in texture, to be difficult

   Iṣẹ́ náà le bí ojú ẹja. ― The work is as hard as a fish's eye.

2. (idiomatic) to be healthy, to be in good health

   Sinonim: yá

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

Derived terms

• eré-ìmárale (“exercise”)
• kára ó le (“A Yoruba greeting meaning, may you always be in good health!”)
• líle (“to be hard”)

 

Etymology 3

Verb

1. to have a strong taste

   Ọtí yìí le. ― This beer is strong.

Derived terms

• ale
• lekó

Etymology 4

Verb

1. to have an erection (of the penis)

Derived terms

• ìle (“erection”)

 

Etymology 5

Verb

1. (transitive) to exceed in number
2. to yield interest

Derived terms

• èlé (“interest”)

Etymology 6

Verb

1. (intransitive) to appear distinctly

Derived terms

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

Etymology 7

Preposition

lé

1. 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

1. (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

1. (transitive) to become swollen

   Sinonimi: ré, wú

Derived terms

• ìlé

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Zou

Conjunction

le

1. and

References

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

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Zulu

Pronunciation

• Šablon:zu-IPA

Etymology 1

Pronoun

le

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

le

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

References

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