"le" meaning in French

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Article

IPA: /lə/, /lø/ [Parisian], /l‿/ (note: before a word starting with a vowel), /ɛl/ [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-le.ogg 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, {{m|la|ille}} ille Head templates: {{head|fr|article|feminine|la|masculine and feminine plural|les|g=m}} le m (feminine la, masculine and feminine plural les)
  1. the (definite article) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-le-fr-article-C60SbeAQ Categories (other): French articles Disambiguation of French articles: 50 22 8 0 0 0 0 21
  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: 33 41 13 0 0 0 0 13 Disambiguation of French personal pronouns: 28 40 14 0 0 0 3 15
  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/, /lø/ [Parisian], /l‿/ (note: before a word starting with a vowel), /ɛl/ [Louisiana] Audio: Fr-le.ogg 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, {{m|la|ille}} ille 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lø/",
      "tags": [
        "Parisian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l‿/",
      "note": "before a word starting with a vowel"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛl/",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-le.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/Fr-le.ogg/Fr-le.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Fr-le.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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