lê

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).

• IPA^(key): /lɛː/, [lɛ̞ː]

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.

• (to lay): neerlê (more common)

• geleë

From Latin illa (feminine of ille), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognates include French elle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː/
• Hyphenation: lê

lê (personal, disjunctive case)

1. she, her (emphatic form)

Probably from Spanish ley

lê

1. law

lê

1. but

• IPA^(key): /leː/

lê

1. he, him
2. she, her (accusative)
3. it

• Because the pronoun is not gender-specific, it is followed:
  • by o if the gender is masculine

    lê o l'é bèllo ― he is handsome

  • by a if the gender is feminine

    lê a l'é bèlla ― she is beautiful

• mi
• ti
• noî, niâtri
• voî, viâtri
• lô, liâtri

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle/

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.

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梨.

(classifier cây, trái, quả) lê

1. pear

lê

1. to drag (one's feet)