lè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ/

Etymology 1

From French l’heure.

Noun

lè

1. time, hour

Related terms

• alè

Etymology 2

Conjunction

lè

1. when

See also

• kilè

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• le — nonstandard

Romanization

lè (le⁴, Zhuyin ㄌㄜˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 乐
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 仂
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 勒
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 叻
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 哷
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屰
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 忇
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 扐
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捋
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朵
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朸
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 楽, 樂 / 乐
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氻
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泐
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玏
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砳
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 竻
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 簕
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 肋
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 脟
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艻
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阞
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韷
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頱
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰳 / 鳓
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㔀

Rawang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ˧˩/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• vlè

Noun

lè

1. water buffalo.

Synonyms

• lò / vlò

Etymology 2

Particle

lè

1. contrastive marker.
2. clause final particle.

Unami

Particle

lè

1. it happened; it is true

   Ika le.

   Something is happening there.

   Kichi yu le?

   Did this really happen.

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “lè”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛ˨˩]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-lɛːl (“to stick out tongue”). Compare Proto-Khmuic *-lɛːl (“to lick, to taste”).

See also thè.

Alternative forms

• le

Verb

lè • (𠻗, 摛)

1. (transitive) to stick out

   lè lưỡi ― to stick out one's tongue

2. (transitive) to spit out

   Biếng ăn, cứ lè cơm ra.

   Having lost his appetite, he keeps spitting out the food.

Synonyms

• (to stick out): thè
• (to spit out): nhả

Etymology 2

Adverb

lè • (离, 離, 囄)

1. (in compounds) highly; greatly

Derived terms

• chát lè
• chua lè
• mặn lè
• xanh lè