"Le" meaning in English

See Le in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Les [plural]
Etymology: * 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|vi|-}} Vietnamese Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Les}} Le (plural Les)
  1. A surname. Translations (Vietnamese surname): (lai⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (Lí) (Chinese Mandarin), Le (Czech), Le (French), Le [feminine, masculine] (German), (Vietnamese)
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