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English
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editles (plural leses)
- (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.
Adjective
editles (comparative more les, superlative most les)
- (slang, colloquial, derogatory) Clipping of lesbian.
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editAragonese
editEtymology
editPronoun
editles
- them (indirect object)
Synonyms
editAsturian
editAlternative forms
edit- lles (archaic)
Etymology
editArticle
editles f pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)
- (definite) the
Catalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin illās, from ille.
Pronunciation
editArticle
editles f pl (masculine plural els, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)
- the; feminine plural definite article
Pronoun
editles (enclitic and proclitic)
- them (feminine, direct object)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editles (feminine lesa, masculine plural lesos, feminine plural leses)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “les” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editles m inan
Declension
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editDanish
editNoun
editles c
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.
Noun
editles 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
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editles
- inflection of lessen:
Anagrams
editFurther reading
edit- “les” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Franco-Provençal
editEtymology 1
editDeterminer
editles f pl
Pronoun
editles f pl (ORB, broad)
- them (third-person plural feminine accusative)
See also
editsingular | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic1 | possessive2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | jo | mè | min | ||
2nd person | te | tè | tin | ||
3rd person masculine | il | lo / le | lui | sin | |
3rd person feminine | el | la | lyé | ||
3rd person neuter | o | y | — | ||
3rd person reflexive | — | sè | |||
plural | nominative | accusative | dative | tonic1 | possessive2 |
1st person | nos | noutro | |||
2nd person | vos | voutro | |||
3rd person masculine | ils | los / les | lor | lor | |
3rd person feminine | els | les | lor / lyés | ||
3rd person reflexive | — | sè | |||
1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. | 2 Generally preceded by a definite article. |
References
edit- les [3] in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- les in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Etymology 2
editDeterminer
editles m pl
Pronoun
editles m pl (ORB, broad)
References
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited 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‿/ ~ /le.z‿/
- IPA(key): /le/, (in liaison) /le.z‿/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: lé, lés, lez, lait, laits
Article
editles
Usage notes
editPronoun
editles m pl or f pl
Related terms
editNumber | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
Locative (at) |
Genitive (of) |
Disjunctive (tonic) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | |
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | ||
Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||||
Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | — | — | soi4 | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | |
Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | — | — | vous2 | ||
Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | y | en | eux3 | |
Feminine | elles | elles |
- 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.
References
edit- ^ Dauzat, Albert with 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
editGalician
editVerb
editles
German
editPronunciation
editVerb
editles
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of lesen
- Synonym: (standard) lese
- (colloquial) singular imperative of lesen
- Synonym: (standard) lies
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Ugric *läćɜ (“hiding place; lurk”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi [script needed] (lǟš-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (lāś-).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editles (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
editInflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
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 | ||
---|---|---|
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
editVerb
editles
- (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
editClick 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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editles 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
editSynonyms
edit- (lexeme): flettiorð
Derived terms
editSee also
editVerb
editles
- 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
editEtymology 1
editFrom Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
Verb
editlès
- (education, colloquial) to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school.
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
- rein.
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlês (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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
editPronoun
editles
Usage notes
edit- Precedes conjugated verbs.
- Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).
Ladin
editEtymology
editArticle
editles f (plural)
See also
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English lēas (“false, void, loose”).
Cognate with Middle High German lōs (“loose”), Old Swedish lø̄s (“loose”); a doublet of loos.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editles
Noun
editles (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
editEtymology
editfrom Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f
Article
editles m pl or f pl (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)
Descendants
edit- French: les
Norman
editNorman Definite Articles | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
masculine | le / l' | les |
feminine | la / l' | les |
Pronunciation
editArticle
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
editVerb
editles
- imperative of lese
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editles
- present tense of lesa
- imperative of lesa
Old Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editles m inan
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
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
editEtymology
editArticle
editles
- the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
- the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
- the (masculine plural oblique definite article)
Inflection
editDescendants
editOld Irish
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editles
Alternative forms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editles m
- Alternative spelling of less (“benefit, advantage”)
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
les also lles after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
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
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. First attested in 1386.
Noun
editles m inan
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “les”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Rohingya
editEtymology
editCompare with Bengali লেজ (lej).
Noun
editles
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Bulgarian лес (les).
Noun
editles n (plural lesuri)
Declension
editReferences
editSerbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“tree, forest”).
Alternative forms
editNoun
editlȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editlȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)
Slovak
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Slovak les, from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editles m inan
Declension
editFurther 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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlẹ̑s m inan
at | v lesu |
---|---|
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
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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
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First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent | |||
---|---|---|---|
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
- lesẹ̑n
- lẹ̄sən
- lesenẹ́ti
- lesnīna
- 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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin illīs, dative plural of ille.
Pronoun
editles
- dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them
- dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)
- (dialectical) accusative of ellos or even ellas
- (dialectical) accusative of ustedes when masculine or even feminine
- (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
editnominative | dative | accusative | disjunctive | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editGender-neutral e replaces the gendered endings/elements a and o.
Article
editles 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
editEtymology
editAdjective
editles
Verb
editles
- be lazy
- be tired, be fed up
Welsh
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editles f (plural lesau, not mutable)
- lace (light fabric patterned with holes)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Middle English lease, from Anglo-Norman les, from Old French lais, lez (“a lease”).
Noun
editles f (plural lesoedd, not mutable)
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- lesddeiliad (“leaseholder”)
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editles
- 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
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