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Le

//lə// article, name, noun, prep, slang

Definitions

Article
  1. 1
    the humorous, informal

    "Le mew. Le purr."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of law enforcement. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

    "LE seized the package."

  2. 2
    a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints) wordnet
  3. 3
    Initialism of limited edition. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. 4
    Initialism of luxury edition. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Preposition
  1. 1
    Next to, near (still used in some place names). obsolete

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French le (“the”). Popularized especially by the expression le sigh.

Etymology 2

borrowed from Old French lez (“side”).

Etymology 3

* As a Chinese surname: ** Mandarin form of the surname 樂 /乐, ** Mandarin form of the surname 勒, ** variant of Li, ** variant Romanization of the surname 呂 /吕 (lǚ), compare Lu. * As a Vietnamese surname, variant of Lê and Lệ.

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