lê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Afrikaans

Etymology

From a merger of Dutch leggen (“to lay”) and liggen (“to lie”). Formally, the forms with -ê- are from leggen, while the alternative present participle is from liggen (as is the lexicalised past participle geleë).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛː/

Verb

lê (present lê, present participle lêende or liggende, past participle gelê)

1. (intransitive) to lie (to be in a horizontal position)

   Hy lê op die bed.

   He's lying on the bed.

2. (transitive) to lay (to put into a horizontal position)

   Hy lê sy tas op die bed.

   He lays his bag on the bed.

Synonyms

• (to lay): neerlê (more common)

Related terms

• geleë

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Guerrero Amuzgo

Etymology

Probably from Spanish ley

Noun

lê

1. law

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Kurdish

Conjunction

lê

1. but

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle/

Verb

lê

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ler
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ler
3. apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
4. Eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazilian Portuguese.

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [l̪e˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lej˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [l̻ʲej˧˥]

Noun

lê

1. a kind of fruit, a pear (trái lê)

Verb

lê

1. to drag (one's feet)

Related terms

• Lê, a common Vietnamese surname