le

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UK /lə/ US /leɪ/

noun 3article 1prep 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

arab, cirque, corbusier, culinary, iconic, marine, new, oldest

VERB + LE

am, asked, call, details, enrolled, know, like, question

LE + NOUN

bleu, bourdonnec, choice, conqu, cordon, d, fay, french

PREP.

in, on, upon

Definitions

article

the

Le mew. Le purr.

Waiter: 'Bonjour! I am le waiter on this ship! [...] Ah! Le strong silent type!'

prep

Next to, near (still used in some place names).

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road.

Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole, Witton-le-Wear

noun

Initialism of law enforcement.

LE seized the package.

Initialism of limited edition.

Initialism of luxury edition.

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Example Bank

Le mew. Le purr.

Wiktionary

Waiter: 'Bonjour! I am le waiter on this ship! [...] Ah! Le strong silent type!'

Wiktionary

[…]upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]

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Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road.

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Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole, Witton-le-Wear

Wiktionary

LE seized the package.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, le is marked as informal, obsolete, humorous. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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