Les

See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"

English

Alternative forms

lez

Noun

les ‎(plural leses)

(slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian

Adjective

les ‎(comparative more les, superlative most les)

(slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch les.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛs/

Noun

les ‎(plural lesse, diminutive lesje)

lesson

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin illas.

Article

les f pl ‎(masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)

(definite) the

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illas, from ille.

Article

les f pl ‎(masculine plural els, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)

the; feminine plural definite article

Pronoun

les ‎(enclitic and proclitic)

them (feminine, direct object)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
¹⁾ Behaves grammatically as plural. ²⁾ Behaves grammatically as third person.			³⁾ Only as object of a preposition. ⁴⁾ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛs/
Homophone: lez

Noun

les m

forest

Declension

Declension of les

	singular	plural
nominative	les	lesy
genitive	lesa	lesů
dative	lesu	lesům
accusative	les	lesy
vocative	lese	lesy
locative	lese	lesích
instrumental	lesem	lesy

Related terms

lesní
lesník m

Danish

Noun

les c

genitive singular indefinite of le

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛs/
Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

les f ‎(plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)

course, lesson

Derived terms

lesgeven

Anagrams

els

Verb

les

first-person singular present indicative of lessen
imperative of lessen

French

Etymology

From Old French les, from Latin illos (masculine) and illas (feminine) which are the accusative plurals of ille.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /le/

Article

les

plural of le: the
plural of la: the

Pronoun

les

plural of le: them
plural of la: them

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
		Feminine	elle		la, l’	lui	y	en	elle
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux
	Third	Feminine	elles	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	elles

References

↑ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Anagrams

sel

Galician

Verb

les

second-person singular present indicative of ler

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *läćɜ ‎(“hiding place; lurk”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃ]

Noun

les ‎(plural lesek)

(soccer) offside

Verb

les

(transitive) to spy
(transitive) to stare, goggle
(transitive) to cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

Conjugation

conjugation of les

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Infinitive			lesni
Past participle			lesett
Present participle			leső
Future participle			lesendő
Adverbial participle			lesve
Potential			leshet
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	lesek	lesel	les	lesünk	lestek	lesnek
	Present	Definite	lesem én téged/titeket leslek	lesed	lesi	lessük	lesitek	lesik
	Past	Indefinite	lestem	lestél	lesett	lestünk	lestetek	lestek
	Past	Definite	lestem én téged/titeket lestelek	lested	leste	lestük	lestétek	lesték
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	lesnék	lesnél	lesne	lesnénk	lesnétek	lesnének
Conditional Mood	Present	Definite	lesném én téged/titeket lesnélek	lesnéd	lesné	lesnénk	lesnétek	lesnék
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	lessek	less or lessél	lessen	lessünk	lessetek	lessenek
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Definite	lessem én téged/titeket lesselek	lesd or lessed	lesse	lessük	lessétek	lessék
Conjugated Infinitive			lesnem	lesned	lesnie	lesnünk	lesnetek	lesniük

Derived terms

leselkedik

References

↑ Entry #1792 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Icelandic

Noun

les n ‎(genitive singular less, nominative plural les)

(linguistics) a lexeme; (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)
(computing) a lexeme; an individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis

Derived terms

lesgreining
lesgreinir

Synonyms

(lexeme): flettiorð

Verb

les

the first person singular form of lesa ‎(“to read”)
Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.
I read a lot of German books.
the third person singular form of lesa ‎(“to read”)
Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.
Pálmi always reads the same story, even though he has many books.

Interlingua

Pronoun

les

(dative) to them

Usage notes

Precedes conjugated verbs.
Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin illas.

Article

les f ‎(plural)

the

Middle French

Article

les m pl, f pl ‎(masculine singular le, feminine singular la)

the

Descendants

French: les

Norman

Pronunciation

Article

les pl ‎(singular lé, and la)

Alternative form of l's

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

les

imperative of lese

Novial

Pronoun

les

they; them

Related terms

Old French

Etymology

From Latin illas and illos.

Article

les

the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
the (masculine plural oblique definite article)

Inflection

Old French definite articles

Declension of the definite article le
	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	li	la, le ¹	li	les
oblique	le ¹	la ¹	les	les
¹ These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

Descendants

French: les

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

les

tail

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lêːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ ‎(“tree, forest”).

Alternative forms

(Ijekavian) lijȇs

Noun

lȇs m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

coffin
(regionally) lumber
(regionally) forest, woods

Declension

Declension of les

	singular	plural
nominative	lȇs	lésovi
genitive	lesa	lésōvā
dative	lesu	lesovima
accusative	les	lesove
vocative	lese	lesovi
locative	lesu	lesovima
instrumental	lesom	lesovima

Etymology 2

From German Löss.

Noun

lȇs m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

(geology) loess

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Noun

les m ‎(genitive singular lesa, nominative plural lesy, declension pattern of dub)

forest

Declension

Declension of les

	singular	plural
nominative	les	lesy
genitive	lesa	lesov
dative	lesu	lesom
accusative	les	lesy
locative	lese	lesoch
instrumental	lesom	lesmi

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈléːs/
Tonal orthography: lẹ̑s

Noun

lés m inan ‎(genitive lesá or lésa, nominative plural lesôvi or lési)

wood

Declension

Declension of lés (masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lés	lesôva	lesôvi
accusative	lés	lesôva	lesôve
genitive	lesá	lesôv	lesôv
dative	lésu	lesôvoma	lesôvom
locative	lésu	lesôvih	lesôvih
instrumental	lésom	lesôvoma	lesôvi

Declension of lés (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lés	lésa	lési
accusative	lés	lésa	lése
genitive	lésa	lésov	lésov
dative	lésu	lésoma	lésom
locative	lésu	lésih	lésih
instrumental	lésom	lésoma	lési

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illis, dative plural of ille.

Pronoun

les

dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them
dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)

				nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular			yo	me		mí¹
	plural	masc.		nosotros	nos		nosotros
	plural	fem.		nosotras	nos		nosotras
second person	singular	tuteo		tú	te		ti¹
		voseo		vos	te		vos
		formal²		usted	le	lo/la³	usted
	plural	familiar⁴	masc.	vosotros	os		vosotros
		familiar⁴	fem.	vosotras	os		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
	plural	fem.		ellas	les	las	ellas
	sing. & pl.	reflexive		—	se		sí¹

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Les

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Les

Les

English

Proper noun

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les

les

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Adjective

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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Noun

Asturian

Etymology

Article

Catalan

Etymology

Article

Pronoun

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Czech

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

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Danish

Noun

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

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Verb

French

Etymology

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Article

Pronoun

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References

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

Hungarian

Etymology

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Noun

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Icelandic

Noun

Derived terms

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Synonyms

Verb

Interlingua

Pronoun

Usage notes

Ladin

Etymology

Article

See also

Middle French

Article

Descendants

Norman

Pronunciation

Article