"le" meaning in French

See le in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Article

IPA: /lə/, /l‿/ (note: before a word starting with a vowel), /lø/ [Paris], /l(ə)/ [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-le.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-le.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-le.wav Forms: la [feminine], les [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|le}} Middle French le, {{der|fr|fro|le}} Old French le, {{der|fr|la|illum}} Latin illum Head templates: {{head|fr|article|feminine|la|masculine and feminine plural|les|prevocalic masculine or feminine singular|l'|g=m}} le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les, prevocalic masculine or feminine singular l')
  1. the (definite article) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article-C60SbeAQ Categories (other): French articles Disambiguation of French articles: 45 24 9 0 0 0 0 22
  2. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article-ecBp7Qio Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French personal pronouns Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 55 17 0 0 0 0 23 Disambiguation of French personal pronouns: 4 55 18 0 0 0 4 20
  3. Used before the names of most countries, many subnational regions, and other geographical names including names of lakes and streets; not translated into English in most cases. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article-i6cweO7p
  4. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article--uPO7Up7
  5. (before units) a, an, per Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article-iTpip0g3
  6. (before dates) on Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article-uNMehScl

Pronoun

IPA: /lə/, /l‿/ (note: before a word starting with a vowel), /lø/ [Paris], /l(ə)/ [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-le.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-le.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-le.wav Forms: la [feminine], les [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ə Etymology: From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|le}} Middle French le, {{der|fr|fro|le}} Old French le, {{der|fr|la|illum}} Latin illum Head templates: {{head|fr|pronoun form|feminine|la|masculine and feminine plural|les|cat2=personal pronouns|g=m}} le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les)
  1. (direct object) him, it Tags: direct-object, masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-pron-8RvXEiSr
  2. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-pron-JEihEzub
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à le, de le
Related terms: je, j’, me, m’, , moi, moi-même, tu, te, t’, toi, toi-même, il2, l’, lui, y, en, lui-même, elle, la, elle-même, on3, l’on [formal], ce4, c’, ça, se, s’5, soi, soi-même, nous, nous-mêmes, vous, vous-mêmes, vous-même6, ils7, les, leur, eux7, eux-mêmes7, elles, elles-mêmes

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "I was born on July 1, 1967.",
          "text": "Je suis née le 1er juillet 1967.",
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        "(before dates) on"
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    {
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    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
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      "word": "c’"
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      "word": "ça"
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      "word": "se"
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      "word": "soi"
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      "word": "nous"
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      "word": "vous"
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    {
      "word": "leur"
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          "english": "Where is Malik? I don't see him.",
          "text": "Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas.",
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          "english": "My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.",
          "text": "Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture.",
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          "english": "I am small and he is too",
          "literal_meaning": "... and he is it too",
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        "used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English"
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: prevocalic masculine or feminine singular l'",
  "path": [
    "le"
  ],
  "section": "French",
  "subsection": "article",
  "title": "le",
  "trace": ""
}

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