le
articleprépositioncourant dans les dialogues
- États-Unis//leɪ//
- //lə//
- //liː//
- //li//
- //leɪ//
the
article
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familierthe
If you tickle me again, I'ma kick you in le balls.
Le mew. Le purr.
Waiter: 'Bonjour! I am le waiter on this ship! [...] Ah! Le strong silent type!'
[…]upon arrival, le girlfriend realizes she has left her ID back at my house (a 1 1/2 hour roundtrip on the Metro), […]
Étymologie
Borrowed from French le (“the”). Popularized especially by the expression le sigh.
préposition
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obsolèteNext to, near (still used in some place names).
Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road.
Dalton-le-Dale, Hetton-le-Hole, Witton-le-Wear
Étymologie
borrowed from Old French lez (“side”).