French

Noun

lé m ‎(plural lés)

1. (obsolete) breadth, width
2. strip, length (of paper, textiles etc.)

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric root *leme as Finnish liemi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleː]

Noun

lé ‎(plural levek or lék)

1. liquid
2. juice
3. gravy
4. (slang) money

Declension

The accusative and the plural form can also be lét and lék, respectively. (The sense money uses only the lét/lék form)

Derived terms

(Expressions):

• minden lében kanál

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• léighe (superseded)

Verb

lé

1. present subjunctive analytic of léigh

Etymology 2

Preposition

lé ‎(plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis)

1. Superseded spelling of le.

Pronoun

lé ‎(emphatic léise)

1. Alternative spelling of léi: third-person singular feminine of le

Norman

Alternative forms

• l'
• eul (Cauchois)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛː/ (Jersey)

Article

lé m ‎(plural les)

1. (Jersey) the (masculine singular definite article)

Coordinate terms

• (gender) la

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lātus.

Adjective

lé m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular lee)

1. wide

Noun

lé m ‎(oblique plural lez, nominative singular lez, nominative plural lé)

1. width

Descendants

• French: lé

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lewô, whence also Middle Low German lē, lēhe. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leu- ‎(“to cut”), whence also Ancient Greek λαῖον ‎(laîon, “scythe”).

Noun

lé m

1. scythe

Declension

The word declines as one would expect a weak masculine noun with the stem lé-, but is affected in late West Norse (but not in the Faroe Islands) in all forms except the nominative singular by the regular phonetic change éa > já. In the nominative the regular case ending -i is assimilated into the long é. This also causes awkward application of the suffixed article in the accusative and genitive singular, where one would normally expect its i to be elided in favour of the weak case ending -a (without the change éa > já, these would be *léann and *léans); the accusative singular with suffixed article is attested as ljáinn in Flateyjarbók (late 14th century). Note also that the forms may not all be attested.

Descendants

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [l̪ɛ˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛ˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l̻ʲɛ˦ˀ˥]

Adjective

lé ‎(𥆼)

1. cross-eyed