les
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les (plural leses)
- (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.
Adjective edit
les (comparative more les, superlative most les)
- (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
Pronoun edit
les
- them (indirect object)
Synonyms edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Article edit
les f pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)
- (definite) the
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin illās, from ille.
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
les f pl (masculine plural els, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)
- the; feminine plural definite article
Pronoun edit
les (enclitic and proclitic)
- them (feminine, direct object)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
les (feminine lesa, masculine plural lesos, feminine plural leses)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “les” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les m inan
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
les c
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.
Noun edit
les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)
Derived terms edit
- acteerles
- avondles
- bijles
- gymles
- gymnastiekles
- lesgeven
- leslokaal
- lesplan
- lesrooster
- lessen
- lesuur
- paardrijles
- rijles
- schoolles
- zangles
- zwemles
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
les
- inflection of lessen:
Anagrams edit
Further reading edit
- “les” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French les, from Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f which are the accusative plurals of ille.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /lɛ/, (in liaison) /lɛ.z‿/, (in liaison) /le.z‿/
- IPA(key): /le/, (in liaison) /le.z‿/
audio (file) - Homophones: lé, lés, lez, lait, laits
Article edit
les
Usage notes edit
Pronoun edit
les m pl or f pl
Related terms edit
Number | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
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Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | moi | |
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | toi | ||
Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | lui | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||
Gender neutral5 | iel | lea | ellui | |||
Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | ||
Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | soi4 | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | nous | |
Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | vous2 | ||
Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | eux | |
Feminine | elles | elles | ||||
Gender neutral5 | iels | elleux |
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
- 5 Colloquial, and not in popular use.
References edit
- ^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading edit
- “les”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
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les
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
les
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of lesen
- Synonym: (standard) lese
- (colloquial) singular imperative of lesen
- Synonym: (standard) lies
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Ugric *läćɜ (“hiding place; lurk”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi [script needed] (lǟš-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (lāś-).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les (plural lesek)
- cover, hideaway, ambush (the place where one is concealed, in wait to attack by surprise, or the act of concealing oneself there)
- Synonyms: lesállás, leshely
- Hypernyms: búvóhely, rejtekhely, (hiding place in general) rejtek
- (hunting) hide, blind
- (soccer) offside
- Synonyms: lesállás, leshelyzet
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | les | lesek |
accusative | lest | leseket |
dative | lesnek | leseknek |
instrumental | lessel | lesekkel |
causal-final | lesért | lesekért |
translative | lessé | lesekké |
terminative | lesig | lesekig |
essive-formal | lesként | lesekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | lesben | lesekben |
superessive | lesen | leseken |
adessive | lesnél | leseknél |
illative | lesbe | lesekbe |
sublative | lesre | lesekre |
allative | leshez | lesekhez |
elative | lesből | lesekből |
delative | lesről | lesekről |
ablative | lestől | lesektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
lesé | leseké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
leséi | lesekéi |
Possessive forms of les | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | lesem | leseim |
2nd person sing. | lesed | leseid |
3rd person sing. | lese | lesei |
1st person plural | lesünk | leseink |
2nd person plural | lesetek | leseitek |
3rd person plural | lesük | leseik |
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
les
- (transitive) to spy, peep, peek, pry
- (transitive) to stare, goggle, eye
- (transitive, intransitive) to cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work
Conjugation edit
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lesek | lesel | les | lesünk | lestek | lesnek | |
Def. | lesem | lesed | lesi | lessük | lesitek | lesik | |||
2nd-p. o. | leslek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | lestem | lestél | lesett | lestünk | lestetek | lestek | ||
Def. | lestem | lested | leste | lestük | lestétek | lesték | |||
2nd-p. o. | lestelek | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lesni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | lesék | lesél | lese | lesénk | lesétek | lesének | ||
Def. | lesém | leséd | lesé | lesénk | lesétek | lesék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lesélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. les vala, lesett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | lesendek | lesendesz | lesend | lesendünk | lesendetek | lesendenek | ||
Def. | lesendem | lesended | lesendi | lesendjük | lesenditek | lesendik | |||
2nd-p. o. | lesendelek | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lesnék | lesnél | lesne | lesnénk | lesnétek | lesnének | |
Def. | lesném | lesnéd | lesné | lesnénk (or lesnők) |
lesnétek | lesnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lesnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lesett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lessek | less or lessél |
lessen | lessünk | lessetek | lessenek | |
Def. | lessem | lesd or lessed |
lesse | lessük | lessétek | lessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | lesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lesett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | lesni | lesnem | lesned | lesnie | lesnünk | lesnetek | lesniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
lesés | leső | lesett | lesendő | lesve (lesvén) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | leshetek | leshetsz | leshet | leshetünk | leshettek | leshetnek | |
Def. | leshetem | lesheted | lesheti | leshetjük | leshetitek | leshetik | |||
2nd-p. o. | leshetlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | leshettem | leshettél | leshetett | leshettünk | leshettetek | leshettek | ||
Def. | leshettem | leshetted | leshette | leshettük | leshettétek | leshették | |||
2nd-p. o. | leshettelek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | lesheték | leshetél | leshete | lesheténk | leshetétek | leshetének | ||
Def. | leshetém | leshetéd | lesheté | lesheténk | leshetétek | lesheték | |||
2nd-p. o. | leshetélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. leshet vala, leshetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | leshetendek or lesandhatok |
leshetendesz or lesandhatsz |
leshetend or lesandhat |
leshetendünk or lesandhatunk |
leshetendetek or lesandhattok |
leshetendenek or lesandhatnak | ||
Def. | leshetendem or lesandhatom |
leshetended or lesandhatod |
leshetendi or lesandhatja |
leshetendjük or lesandhatjuk |
leshetenditek or lesandhatjátok |
leshetendik or lesandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | leshetendelek or lesandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | leshetnék | leshetnél | leshetne | leshetnénk | leshetnétek | leshetnének | |
Def. | leshetném | leshetnéd | leshetné | leshetnénk (or leshetnők) |
leshetnétek | leshetnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leshetnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. leshetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | leshessek | leshess or leshessél |
leshessen | leshessünk | leshessetek | leshessenek | |
Def. | leshessem | leshesd or leshessed |
leshesse | leshessük | leshessétek | leshessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leshesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. leshetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (leshetni) | (leshetnem) | (leshetned) | (leshetnie) | (leshetnünk) | (leshetnetek) | (leshetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | leshető | Neg. adj. | leshetetlen | Adv. part. | (leshetve / leshetvén) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
References edit
- ^ Entry #1792 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ les in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- (ambush): les in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (to spy): les in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les n (genitive singular less, nominative plural les)
- (linguistics) lexeme (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)
- (computing) lexeme (individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis)
Declension edit
Synonyms edit
- (lexeme): flettiorð
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Verb edit
les
- first-person singular of lesa (“to read”)
- Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.
- I read a lot of German books.
- third-person singular 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.
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
Verb edit
lès
- (education, colloquial) to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
- rein.
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lês (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
- alternative spelling of lis
Further reading edit
- “les” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Pronoun edit
les
Usage notes edit
- Precedes conjugated verbs.
- Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).
Ladin edit
Etymology edit
Article edit
les f (plural)
See also edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English lēas (“false, void, loose”).
Cognate with Middle High German lōs (“loose”), Old Swedish lø̄s (“loose”); a doublet of loos.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
les
Noun edit
les (uncountable)
- falsehood; a lie
- 15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 5, lines 120–121:
- He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des.
- He is so good, without falsehood; / (so) he's really suited to sit on a dais.
- c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, lines 158–159:
- We held with hym ther he saide leasse / And therfor have we all unpeasse.
- We stayed with him when he uttered untruth, / and therefore we all feel discord.
- c. 1480, “The Creation”, in The Towneley Plays, lines 193–195:
- Ye shall have joye and blis therin / Whils ye will kepe you out of syn, / I say withoutten lese.
- You'll have joy and tranquility within / if you keep yourself out of sin, / I say, without lies.
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
from Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f
Article edit
les m pl or f pl (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)
Descendants edit
- French: les
Norman edit
Norman Definite Articles | ||
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singular | plural | |
masculine | le / l' | les |
feminine | la / l' | les |
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Article edit
- Alternative form of l's
- les boutons ― the nipples
- les êpices ― the spices
- les lédgeunmes ― the vegetables
- les ridgieaux ― the curtains
- 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier[1], archived from the original on 13 March 2016, page 20:
- Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.
- In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
les
- imperative of lese
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
les
- present tense of lesa
- imperative of lesa
Old Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les m inan
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | les | lesy | lesi, lesové |
genitive | lesa, lesu | lesú | lesóv |
dative | lesu | lesoma | lesóm |
accusative | les | lesy | lesy |
vocative | lese | lesy | lesi, lesové |
locative | lesě, lesu | lesú | lesiech |
instrumental | lesem | lesoma | lesy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: les
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “les”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Article edit
les
- the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
- the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
- the (masculine plural oblique definite article)
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
Old Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
les
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les m
- Alternative spelling of less (“benefit, advantage”)
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
les also lles after a proclitic |
les pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. First attested in 1386.
Noun edit
les m inan
Descendants edit
References edit
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “les”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volume 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Rohingya edit
Etymology edit
Compare with Bengali লেজ (lej).
Noun edit
les
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Bulgarian лес (les).
Noun edit
les n (plural lesuri)
Declension edit
References edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“tree, forest”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Slovak les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
les m inan (genitive singular lesa, nominative plural lesy, genitive plural lesov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “les”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lẹ̑s m inan
at | v lesu |
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to | v les |
from | iz lesa |
- (uncountable) wood
- Synonyms: lesovina, lesnina, lesna snov
- (uncommon, uncountable) trees in a forest[→SSKJ]
- (usually in the plural, archaic or literary) forest, woods
- (Christianity, rare) cross
Declension edit
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix), long mixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | lẹ̑s | ||
gen. sing. | lesȃ | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
lẹ̑s | lesȏva | lesȏvi |
genitive rodȋlnik |
lesȃ | lesóv | lesóv |
dative dajȃlnik |
lẹ̑su, lẹ̑si | lesȏvoma, lesȏvama | lesȏvom, lẹ̑sȏvam |
accusative tožȋlnik |
lẹ̑s | lesȏva | lesȏve |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
lẹ̑su, lẹ̑si | lesȏvih | lesȏvih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
lẹ̑som | lesȏvoma, lesȏvama | lesȏvi |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
lẹ̑s | lesȏva | lesȏvi |
- stylistically marked
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), fixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | lẹ̑s | ||
gen. sing. | lẹ̑sa | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
lẹ̑s | lẹ̑sa | lẹ̑si |
genitive rodȋlnik |
lẹ̑sa | lẹ̑sov | lẹ̑sov |
dative dajȃlnik |
lẹ̑su, lẹ̑si | lẹ̑soma, lẹ̑sama | lẹ̑som, lẹ̑sam |
accusative tožȋlnik |
lẹ̑s | lẹ̑sa | lẹ̑se |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
lẹ̑su, lẹ̑si | lẹ̑sih, lẹ̑sah | lẹ̑sih, lẹ̑sah |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
lẹ̑som | lẹ̑soma, lẹ̑sama | lẹ̑si |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
lẹ̑s | lẹ̑sa | lẹ̑si |
Derived terms edit
- biti čez les
- biti iz drugačnega lesa
- biti malo čez les
- biti v lesu
- blagoslovjeni les
- božji les
- celulozni les
- črni les
- dišeči les
- gadov les
- jamski les
- kačji les
- les dela
- les na panju
- lesenẹ́ti
- lesnīna
- lesẹ̑n
- lẹ̄sən
- nedeljni les
- nedeljski les
- okrogli les
- olesenẹ́ti
- pasji les
- popotni les
- pozni les
- rastni les
- rodni les
- sladki les
- stoječi les
- tehnični les
- vezani les
- volčji les
- zlesenẹ́ti
Further reading edit
- “les”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “les”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin illīs, dative plural of ille.
Pronoun edit
les
- dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them
- dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)
- (gender-neutral, neologism) dative of elles; to them, for them
- Les pedí que por favor hagan silencio.
- I asked them to please be quiet.
See also edit
nominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
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first person | singular | yo | me | mí1 | |||
plural | masculine2 | nosotros | nos | nosotros | |||
feminine | nosotras | nosotras | |||||
second person | singular | tuteo | tú | te | ti1 | ||
voseo | vos | vos | |||||
formal3 | usted | le, se4 | lo/la5 | usted | |||
plural | familiar6 | masculine2 | vosotros | os | vosotros | ||
feminine | vosotras | vosotras | |||||
formal/general3 | ustedes | les, se4 | los/las5 | ustedes | |||
third person | singular | masculine2 | él | le, se4 | lo | él | |
feminine | ella | la | ella | ||||
neuter | ello7 | lo | ello | ||||
plural | masculine2 | ellos | les, se4 | los | ellos | ||
feminine | ellas | las | ellas | ||||
reflexive | — | se | sí1 |
- Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
- Like other masculine Spanish words, masculine Spanish pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
- Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
- If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g., Se lo dije instead of Le lo dije)
- Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
- Used primarily in Spain
- Used only in rare circumstances
Etymology 2 edit
Gender-neutral e replaces the gendered endings/elements a and o.
Article edit
les gender-neutral pl
- (gender-neutral, neologism) the (plural)
- Les estudiantes están prestando atención a la clase.
- The students are paying attention to the class.
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
les
Verb edit
les
- be lazy
- be tired, be fed up
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
les f (plural lesau, not mutable)
- lace (light fabric patterned with holes)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Middle English lease, from Anglo-Norman les, from Old French lais, lez (“a lease”).
Noun edit
les f (plural lesoedd, not mutable)
Alternative forms edit
- lês (obsolete)
Derived terms edit
- lesddeiliad (“leaseholder”)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
les
- Soft mutation of lles.
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “les”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
lles | les | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |