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English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

les (plural leses)

  1. (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.

Adjective

les (comparative more les, superlative most les)

  1. (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

les (plural lesse, diminutive lessie)

  1. lesson

Aragonese

Etymology

Derived from Latin ille (“that one”).

Pronoun

les

  1. them (indirect object)

Synonyms

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin illas.

Article

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

  1. (definite) the

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illās, from ille.

Pronunciation

Article

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

  1. the; feminine plural definite article

Pronoun

les (enclitic and proclitic)

  1. them (feminine, direct object)
Declension
More information strong/subject, weak (direct object) ...
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
singular 1st
person		 standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person		 standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd
person		 m ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
f ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
n ho -ho li -li seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd
person		 standard vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd
person		 m ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
f 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
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1 Behaves grammatically as plural.   2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition.   4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin laesus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

les (feminine lesa, masculine plural lesos, feminine plural leses)

  1. (law) harmed
Derived terms
  • crim de lesa humanitat

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lles, from Proto-Celtic *lexstus. Cognate with Welsh lles.

Noun

les m (plural lesow)

  1. advantage, benefit, gain, profit
    Synonym: budh
  2. utility, usefulness, importance, interest
  3. welfare
Derived terms
  • dhe les (“advantageous, useful, interesting”)
  • meur y les (“beneficial”)
  • stat an les (“welfare state”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *lussus (“medicinal herb, vegetable”). Doublet of losow. Cognate with Welsh llys.

Noun

les m (plural lesyow)

  1. plant
    Synonym: losowen
Derived terms
  • les an gog (“marigold”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *lled, from Proto-Celtic *ɸletos. Cognate with Welsh lled.

Noun

les m (plural lesyow)

  1. width, breadth
Derived terms
  • a-les (“apart”)
  • lesa (“expand”, verb)
  • skollya a-les (“disperse”)
  • yn les (“from side to side”)

Etymology 4

Noun

les f (plural lesow)

  1. Alternative form of lys (“court”)

Etymology 5

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

les

  1. in case

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

les m inan

  1. forest
    Synonym: hvozd

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
nominative les lesy
genitive lesa lesů
dative lesu lesům
accusative les lesy
vocative lese lesy
locative lese lesích
instrumental lesem lesy
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Declension of les (hard masculine inanimate)
nouns
adjectives
proverb

Further reading

  • “les”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “les”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “les”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Noun

les c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of le

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

Noun

les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)

  1. course, lesson
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: les
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lès
  • → Indonesian: les
  • → Papiamentu: lès, les

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

les

  1. inflection of lessen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Further reading

  • “les” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Franco-Provençal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illās.

Determiner

les f pl

  1. feminine plural of lo (“the”)

Pronoun

les f pl (ORB, broad)

  1. them (third-person plural feminine accusative)
See also
More information nominative, accusative ...
Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative tonic1 possessive2
singular 1st person jo mè min
2nd person te tè tin
3rd person masculine il lo / le lui sin
feminine el la lyé
neuter o y —
reflexive — sè
plural 1st person nos noutro
2nd person vos voutro
3rd person masculine ils los / les lor lor
feminine els les lor / lyés
reflexive — sè
Close

1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

  • les [3] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • les in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Etymology 2

Determiner

les m pl

  1. Alternative form of los, masculine plural of lo (“the”)

Pronoun

les m pl (ORB, broad)

  1. Alternative form of los m pl (“them”)

References

  • les in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • les in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Galician

German

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Interlingua

Ladin

Ladino

Middle English

Middle French

Norman

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old Czech

Old French

Old Irish

Old Slovak

Old Spanish

Rohingya

Romanian

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Slovene

Spanish

Tok Pisin

Welsh

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