les

See also: Appendix:Variations of "les"

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US), IPA(key): /lɛz/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

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

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛs/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

les (plural lesse, diminutive lessie)

  1. lesson

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin ille (“that one”).

Pronoun

les

  1. them (indirect object)

Synonyms

Asturian

Etymology

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
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine 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
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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛs]
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: les
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Homophone: lez

Noun

les m inan

  1. forest
    Synonym: hvozd

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

Further reading
  • les in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • les in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • les in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

les c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of le

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛs/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: les
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Etymology 1

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. imperative

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

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
  • 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

les

  1. plural of le: the
  2. plural of la: the

Usage notes
  • de les is never used: contracted into des.
  • à les is never used: contracted into aux.

Pronoun

les m pl or f pl

  1. plural of le: them
  2. plural of la: them
French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
SingularFirst— je, j’ me, m’ moi
Second— tu te, t’ toi
ThirdMasculine il le, l’ lui lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Gender neutral5 iel lea ellui
Indeterminate on1 —— —
Reflexive — se, s’4 soi4
PluralFirst— 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
  1. Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

les

  1. second-person singular present indicative of ler

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leːs/

Verb

les

  1. (colloquial) first-person singular present of lesen
    Synonym: (standard) lese
  2. (colloquial) singular imperative of lesen
    Synonym: (standard) lies

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *läćɜ (“hiding place; lurk”).[1][2] Cognates include Southern Mansi [script needed] (lǟš-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (lāś-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Noun

les (plural lesek)

  1. 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
  2. (hunting) hide, blind
  3. (soccer) offside
    Synonyms: lesállás, leshelyzet

Declension
Inflection (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
Expressions

Verb

les

  1. (transitive) to spy, peep, peek, pry
  2. (transitive) to stare, goggle, eye
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work

Conjugation
conjugation of les
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. 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).
potential conjugation of les
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
  • leselkedik
  • lesés

(With verbal prefixes):

References
  1. Entry #1792 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. 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
  • (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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛːs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːs

Noun

les n (genitive singular less, nominative plural les)

  1. (linguistics) lexeme (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)
  2. (computing) lexeme (individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis)

Declension
declension of les
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative les lesið les lesin
accusative les lesið les lesin
dative lesi lesinu lesum lesunum
genitive less lessins lesa lesanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • lesgreining
  • lesgreinir

See also
  • tóki

Verb

les

  1. first-person singular of lesa (“to read”)
    Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.
    I read a lot of German books.
  2. 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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛs]
  • Hyphenation: lès

Noun

lès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)

  1. (education, colloquial) cram school, private tuition.

Verb

lès

  1. (education, colloquial) to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school.

Etymology 2

From Dutch lis (“reed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛs]
  • Hyphenation: lès

Noun

lès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)

  1. rein.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈləs]
  • Hyphenation: lês

Noun

lês (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)

  1. alternative spelling of lis

Further reading

Interlingua

Pronoun

les

  1. (dative) to them

Usage notes
  • Precedes conjugated verbs.
  • Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin illas.

Article

les f (plural)

  1. the

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English lēas (“false, void, loose”).

Cognate with Middle High German lōs (“loose”), Old Swedish lø̄s (“loose”); a doublet of loos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛːs/

Adjective

les

  1. false; lying; deceptive

Noun

les (uncountable)

  1. 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

Etymology

from Old French les, from Latin illōs m and illās f

Article

les m pl or f pl (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)

  1. the

Descendants

Norman
Norman Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine le / l' les
feminine  la / l' les

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Article

les pl (singular lé, and la)

  1. 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, 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

Verb

les

  1. imperative of lese

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

les

  1. present tense of lesa
  2. imperative of lesa

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈlɛs/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈlɛs/

Noun

les m inan

  1. forest
    Synonym: hvozd

Declension
Declension of les (hard o-stem)
singular 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
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Latin illas and illos.

Article

les

  1. the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
  2. the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
  3. the (masculine plural oblique definite article)

Inflection
Old French definite articles
Declension of the definite article le
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative li la, le 1 li les
oblique le 1 la 1 les les
1 These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.

Descendants

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lʲesʲ]

Pronoun

les

  1. third-person singular masculine of la
Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [l͈ʲes]

Noun

les m

  1. Alternative spelling of less (“benefit, advantage”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ. First attested in 1386.

Noun

les m inan

  1. forest, woods (dense uncultivated tract of trees)

Descendants

References
  • 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

Etymology

Compare with Bengali লেজ (lej).

Noun

les

  1. tail

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian лес (les).

Noun

les n (plural lesuri)

  1. (Oltenia) thicket

Declension
Declension of les
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) les lesul (niște) lesuri lesurile
genitive/dative (unui) les lesului (unor) lesuri lesurilor
vocative lesule lesurilor

References
  • les in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lêːs/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěsъ (“tree, forest”).

Alternative forms

Noun

lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

  1. coffin
  2. (regionally) lumber
  3. (regionally) forest, woods
Declension
Declension of les
singular plural
nominative lȇs lésovi
genitive lesa lésōvā
dative lesu lesovima
accusative les lesove
vocative lese lesovi
locative lesu lesovima
instrumental lesom lesovima

Etymology 2

From German Löss.

Noun

lȇs m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑с)

  1. (geology) loess

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛs/

Noun

les m inan (genitive singular lesa, nominative plural lesy, genitive plural lesov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. forest

Declension
Declension of les
singular plural
nominative les lesy
genitive lesa lesov
dative lesu lesom
accusative les lesy
locative lese lesoch
instrumental lesom lesmi

Further reading
  • “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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěsъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /léːs/
  • Rhymes: -eːs
  • Hyphenation: les

Noun

lẹ̑s m inan

at v lesu
to v les
from iz lesa
  1. (uncountable) wood
    Synonyms: lesovina, lesnina, lesna snov
  2. (uncommon, uncountable) trees in a forest[→SSKJ]
    Synonyms: drevo, drev
  3. (usually in the plural, archaic or literary) forest, woods
    Synonyms: gozd, boršt, gmajna, gaj, gošča, gozdek, gozdič, gozdiček, gozdni labirint, hosta, lesovje, log, loza, šuma
  4. (Christianity, rare) cross
    Synonyms: križ, krucifiks

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


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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
  • 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
  • “les”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “les”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /les/ [les]
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: les

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin illīs, dative plural of ille.

Pronoun

les

  1. dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them
  2. dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)
  3. (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
Spanish personal pronouns
nominative 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
  1. Not used with con; conmigo, contigo, and consigo are used instead, respectively
  2. 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.
  3. Treated as if it were third-person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity
  4. 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)
  5. Depending on the implicit gender of the object being referred to
  6. Used primarily in Spain
  7. Used only in rare circumstances

Etymology 2

Gender-neutral e replaces the gendered endings/elements a and o.

Article

les gender-neutral pl

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism) the (plural)
    Les estudiantes están prestando atención a la clase.
    The students are paying attention to the class.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English lazy.

Adjective

les

  1. lazy
  2. tired, fed up

Verb

les

  1. be lazy
  2. be tired, be fed up

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leːs/
  • Rhymes: -eːs

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English lace.

Noun

les f (plural lesau, not mutable)

  1. lace (light fabric patterned with holes)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English lease, from Anglo-Norman les, from Old French lais, lez (“a lease”).

Noun

les f (plural lesoedd, not mutable)

  1. lease
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

les

  1. Soft mutation of lles.

Further reading
  • 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
Welsh mutation
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.
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