Vietnamese

Proper noun

Lê

1. A surname​.
2. A female given name

Afrikaans

Verb

lê ‎(present lê, present participle lêende or liggende, past participle gelê)

1. To lie (to be flat on a flat surface)

Guerrero Amuzgo

Etymology

Probably from Spanish ley

Noun

lê

1. law

Kurdish

Conjunction

lê

1. but

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle/

Verb

lê

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ler
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ler
3. apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
4. Eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazilian Portuguese.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [l̪e˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l̻ʲej˧˥]

Noun

lê

1. a kind of fruit, a pear (trái lê)

Verb

lê

1. to drag (one's feet)

Related terms

• Lê, a common Vietnamese surname