"les" meaning in English

See les in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lɛz/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-les.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more les [comparative], most les [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛz Head templates: {{en-adj}} les (comparative more les, superlative most les)
  1. (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, derogatory, slang Alternative form of: lesbian
    Sense id: en-les-en-adj-VmahQrLv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lez

Noun

IPA: /lɛz/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-les.wav [Southern-England] Forms: leses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛz Head templates: {{en-noun}} les (plural leses)
  1. (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, derogatory, slang Alternative form of: lesbian Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-les-en-noun-VmahQrLv Disambiguation of LGBT: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lez

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for les meaning in English (2.9kB)

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