les

See also Les, LES, lës, lěs, leş, leš, lés, lès, and -les-

English

Alternative forms

• lez

Pronunciation

• (UK, US), IPA: /lɛz/ X-SAMPA: /lEz/
• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

les (plural leses)

1. (slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian

Adjective

les (comparative more les, superlative most les)

1. (slang, colloquial) Short form of lesbian

Anagrams

• els
• ESL
• SLE

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Asturian

Article

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

1. (definite) the

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin illas, from ille.

Article

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

1. the; feminine plural definite article

Pronoun

les (enclitic and proclitic)

1. 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, mi2	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	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’3	-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 formal1	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 third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛs/

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• Homophone: lez

Noun

les m

1. 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

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Danish

Noun

les c

1. genitive singular indefinite of le

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛs

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Noun

les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje)

1. course, lesson

Derived terms

• lesgeven

Anagrams

• els

Verb

les

1. first-person singular present indicative of lessen
2. imperative of lessen

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French

Etymology

From Old French les, from Latin illos, which is the accusative plural of ille.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /le/

Article

les

1. plural of le: the
2. plural of la: the

Pronoun

les

1. plural of le: them
2. 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, t’	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux
		Feminine	elles						elles

References

Anagrams

• sel

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Galician

Verb

les

1. second-person singular present indicative of ler

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɛʃ/

Noun

les (plural lesek)

1. (soccer) offside

Verb

les

1. spy
2. stare, goggle
3. cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

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Icelandic

Noun

les n (genitive singular less, plural les)

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

Derived terms

• lesgreining
• lesgreinir

See also

• tóki

Synonyms

• (lexeme): flettiorð

Verb

les

1. the first person singular form (“I read”) of lesa (“to read”)

   Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.

   I read a lot of German books.

2. the third person singular form (“he/it/she reads”) 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.

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Interlingua

Pronoun

les

1. (dative) to them

Usage notes

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

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Jèrriais

Article

les pl (singular lé, and la)

1. Alternative form of l's.

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Middle French

Article

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

1. the

Descendants

• French: les

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Old French

Article

les

1. the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
2. the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
3. 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
1These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

les

1. tail

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lêːs/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian) lijȇs

Noun

lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

1. coffin
2. (regionally) lumber
3. (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)

1. (geology) loess

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Noun

les m (plural lesy, stem les, genitive singular lesa)

1. forest

Declension

Declension pattern dub

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Slovene

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Noun

les m inan.

1. wood

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illis, dative plural of ille.

Pronoun

les

1. dative form of ellos; to them
2. dative form of ustedes; for them
3. dative form of los; to you guys
4. dative form of las; for you guys

See also

    Spanish pronouns

First person: singular: yo, mí, me plural: nosotros, nosotras, nos Second person: tuteo: tú, ti, te voseo: vos, te formal: usted, ustedes, le, les familiar plural: vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, os, les

Third person: masculine: él, ellos, lo, le, los, les feminine: ella, ellas, la, le, las, les neuter: ello, lo, le Demonstrative: este, esta, esto, estos, estas ese, esa, eso, esos, esas aquel, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquellas