LE
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le¹
- /lə/
- /leɪ/ US, especially
- /liː/ rare
Sounds like luh (with /ə/), lay, lei, ley (with /eɪ/ and pane-pain merger), lea, Lea, Lee, leigh, Leigh, li (with /iː/) · Rhymes with -ə, -eɪ, -iː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French le (“the”). Popularized especially by the expression le sigh.
article
- the If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.
le²
- /lə/
- /li/
- /leɪ/ sometimes
Where it comes from
borrowed from Old French lez (“side”).
preposition
- Next to, near (still used in some place names). Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road.
LE³
noun
- Initialism of law enforcement.law enforcement LE seized the package.
- Initialism of limited edition.limited edition
- Initialism of luxury edition.luxury edition
Le⁴
Where it comes from
* 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.
proper noun Les
- A surname.
