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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "les"}}
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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|lez}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/lɛz/|a=UK,US}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-les.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɛz|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|slang|colloquial|derogatory}} {{clipping of|en|lesbian}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|slang|colloquial|derogatory}} {{clipping of|en|lesbian}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=els|SEL|SLE|Els|ELs|LSE|els|ELS|ESL}}

{{C|en|LGBTQ}}
{{cln|en|calculator words}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|les|t=lesson}}, from {{inh|af|dum|lesse}}, from {{der|af|la|lēctiō}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|/lɛs/}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-les.wav}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun|lesse|lessie}}

# [[lesson]]

==Aragonese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|an|la|ille||that one}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|an|pronoun}}

# [[them]] {{qualifier|indirect object}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|an|lis}}

==Asturian==

===Alternative forms=== 
* {{alt|ast|lles}} {{q|archaic}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ast|la|illas}}.

===Article===
{{head|ast|article|g=f-p|masculine sg|el|feminine sg|la|neuter sg|lo|masculine plural|los}}

# {{lb|ast|definite}} [[the]]

==Catalan==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|ca|la|illās}}, from {{m|la|ille}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|ca|/ləs/|a=Balearic,Central Catalan}}
* {{IPA|ca|/les/|a=Valencian}}
* {{rhymes|ca|es|s=1}}

====Article====
{{head|ca|article|g=f-p|masculine plural|els|masculine singular|el|feminine singular|la}}

# [[the]]; {{non-gloss|feminine plural definite article}}

====Pronoun====
{{ca-ppron|type=encl+procl}}

# [[them]] (feminine, direct object)

=====Declension=====
{{ca-decl-ppron}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|ca|la|laesus}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{ca-IPA|ê}}

====Adjective====
{{ca-adj}}

# {{lb|ca|legal}} [[harm]]ed

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ca|crim de lesa humanitat}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ca|il·lès}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|cs|zlw-ocs|les}}, from {{inh|cs|sla-pro|*lěsъ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{audio|cs|Cs-les.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|cs|les}}
* {{rhymes|cs|ɛs|s=1}}
* {{homophones|cs|lez}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# [[forest]]
#: {{syn|cs|hvozd}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m.gena.loce.locplích}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|cs|title=nouns|lesačka|lesař|lesák|lesník|lesňák}}
{{col-auto|cs|title=adjectives|lesnatý|lesní}}
{{col-auto|cs|title=proverb|jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

{{C|cs|Forests}}

==Danish==

===Noun===
{{head|da|noun form|g=c}}

# {{inflection of|da|le||indef|gen|s}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/lɛs/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-les.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|les}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɛs|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nl|dum|lesse}}, from {{der|nl|la|lēctiō}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|f|-en|+}}

# [[course]], [[lesson]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nl|acteerles}}
* {{l|nl|avondles}}
* {{l|nl|bijles}}
* {{l|nl|gymles}}
* {{l|nl|gymnastiekles}}
* {{l|nl|lesgeven}}
* {{l|nl|leslokaal}}
* {{l|nl|lesplan}}
* {{l|nl|lesrooster}}
* {{l|nl|lessen}}
* {{l|nl|lesuur}}
* {{l|nl|paardrijles}}
* {{l|nl|rijles}}
* {{l|nl|schoolles}}
* {{l|nl|zangles}}
* {{l|nl|zwemles}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|af|les}}
* {{desc|jvn|lès|bor=1}}
* {{desc|id|les|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pap|lès|les}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|lessen||bare-verb}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|nl|els}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:GB}}

{{C|nl|Education}}

==Franco-Provençal==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|frp|la|illās}}.

====Determiner====
{{head|frp|determiner form|g=f-p}}

# {{inflection of|frp|lo||f|p|t=[[the]]}} 

====Pronoun====
{{head|frp|pronoun|g=f-p}} {{tlb|frp|orbl}}

# [[them]] {{q|third-person plural feminine accusative}}

=====See also=====
{{frp-personal pronouns}}

====References====
* {{R:frp:DFP|les [3]}}
* {{R:frp:LTA|19277}}

===Etymology 2===

====Determiner====
{{head|frp|determiner form|g=m-p}}

# {{altform|frp|los}}, {{inflection of|frp|lo||m|p|t=[[the]]|nocap=1}} 

====Pronoun====
{{head|frp|pronoun|g=m-p}} {{tlb|frp|orbl}}

# {{altform|frp|los|t=[[them]]|g=m-p}}

====References====
* {{R:frp:DFP|les}}
* {{R:frp:LTA|19406}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|frm|les}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|les}}, from {{inh|fr|la|illōs|g=m}} and {{m|la|illās|g=f}} which are the accusative plurals of {{m|la|ille}}.<ref>{{cite-book|fr|last=Dauzat|first=Albert|coauthors=Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand|title=Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique|year=1964|publisher=Librairie Larousse|location=Paris|chapter=le, la, les}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|lès|qual2=in liaison|lè.z‿}}
* {{fr-IPA|+|qual2=in liaison|lé.z‿}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-les.ogg}}
* {{homophones|fr|lé|lés|lez|lait|laits}}

===Article===
{{head|fr|article}}

# {{plural of|fr|le}}: [[the]]
# {{plural of|fr|la}}: [[the]]

====Usage notes====
* '''de les''' is never used: contracted into {{m|fr|des}}.
* '''à les''' is never used: contracted into {{m|fr|aux}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|fr|pronoun form|cat2=personal pronouns|g=mf-p}}

# {{plural of|fr|le}}: [[them]]
# {{plural of|fr|la}}: [[them]]

====Related terms====
{{fr-personal pronouns}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|sel}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|ler}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/leːs/}}

===Verb===
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{lb|de|colloquial}} {{verb form of|de|lesen||1|s|pres}}
#: {{syn|de|q1=standard|lese}}
# {{lb|de|colloquial}} {{verb form of|de|lesen||s|imp}}
#: {{syn|de|q1=standard|lies}}

==Hungarian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|hu|urj-ugr-pro|*läćɜ||hiding place; lurk}}.<ref>{{R:Uralonet|1792}}</ref><ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref> Cognates include {{cog|mns-sou||tr=lǟš-}}, {{cog|mns-nor||tr=lāś-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-les.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|hu|ɛʃ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{hu-noun|ek}}

# {{senseid|hu|ambush}} [[cover]], [[hideaway]], [[ambush]] {{gloss|the place where one is concealed, in wait to attack by surprise, or the act of concealing oneself there}}
#: {{syn|hu|lesállás|leshely}}
#: {{hyper|hu|búvóhely|rejtekhely|rejtek|q3=hiding place in general}}
# {{lb|hu|hunting}} [[hide]], [[blind#Noun|blind]]
# {{lb|hu|football}} [[offside]]
#: {{syn|hu|lesállás|leshelyzet}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|lese|e|-}}{{hu-pos-etek|les||ei}}

====Derived terms====
{{col2|hu|title=Expressions
|lesben áll
}}

===Verb===
{{hu-verb}}

# {{senseid|hu|to spy}} {{lb|hu|transitive}} to [[spy]], [[peep]], [[peek]], [[pry]]
# {{lb|hu|transitive}} to [[stare]], [[goggle]], [[eye#Verb|eye]]
# {{lb|hu|ambitransitive}} to [[cheat]] at a test by looking at someone else's work

====Conjugation====
{{hu-conj-ek|l|e|s}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|hu
|leselkedik
|lesés
}}
{{hu-verbpref|les|át|be|bele|el|fel|hátra|keresztül|ki|le|meg|rá}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz|2|ambush}}
* {{R:ErtSz|1|to spy}}

{{cln|hu|three-letter words}}

==Icelandic==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/lɛːs/}}
* {{rhymes|is|ɛːs|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{is-noun|n|less|les}}

# {{lb|is|linguistics}} [[lexeme]] {{gloss|set of inflected forms taken by a single word}}
# {{lb|is|computing}} [[lexeme]] {{gloss|individual instance of a continuous [[character]] [[sequence]] without spaces, used in [[lexical analysis]]}}

====Declension====
{{is-decl-noun-n-s|l|e|s}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|lexeme}} {{l|is|flettiorð}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|is|lesgreining}}
* {{l|is|lesgreinir}}

====See also====
* {{l|is|tóki}}

===Verb===
{{head|is|verb forms}}

# {{inflection of|is|lesa||1|s|t=to read}}
#: {{ux|is|Ég '''les''' mikið af þýskum bókum.|I '''read''' a lot of German books.}}
# {{inflection of|is|lesa||3|s|t=to read}}
#: {{ux|is|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 {{bor|id|nl|les|t=course, lesson}}, from {{der|id|dum|lesse}}, from {{der|id|la|lēctiō}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|id|[ˈlɛs]|}}
* {{hyphenation|id|lès}}

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=lès|}}

# {{lb|id|education|colloquial}} [[cram school]], [[private]] [[tuition]].

====Verb====
{{id-verb|head=lès}}

# {{lb|id|education|colloquial}} to [[cram]], to study hard, to [[learn]] at [[cram school]].

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|id|nl|lis|t=reed}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|id|[ˈlɛs]|}}
* {{hyphenation|id|lès}}

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=lès|}}

# {{l|en|rein}}.

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|id|[ˈləs]|}}
* {{hyphenation|id|lês}}

====Noun====
{{id-noun|head=lês|}}

# {{alt sp|id|lis|nocap=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Interlingua==

===Pronoun===
{{head|ia|pronoun}}

# {{lb|ia|dative}} [[to]] [[them]]

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

==Ladin==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lld|la|illas}}.

===Article===
{{head|lld|article|g=f|plural}}

# [[the]]

===See also===
* {{l|lld|l}}
* {{l|lld|la}}, {{l|lld|l'}}
* {{l|lld|i}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|lese|lees|leas|leasse}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}
From {{inh|enm|ang|lēas||false, void, loose}}.

Cognate with {{cog|gmh|lōs||loose}}, {{cog|gmq-osw|lø̄s||loose}}; a {{doublet|enm|loos|nocap=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/lɛːs/}}

===Adjective===
{{enm-adj}}

# [[false]]; [[lying]]; [[deceptive]]

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|-}}

# [[falsehood]]; a [[lie]]
#* {{RQ:Wakefield Mystery Plays|play=Creation|page=5|lines=120–121|passage=He is so fayre, withoutten '''les''', / he semys full well to sytt on des.|t=He is so good, without '''falsehood'''; / (so) he's really suited to sit on a dais.}}
#* {{quote-book|enm|year=c.1480|title=w:The Towneley Plays|chapter=The Creation|line=158–159|passage=  We held with hym ther he saide '''leasse''' / And therfor have we all unpeasse.|translation=We stayed with him when he uttered '''untruth''', / and therefore we all feel discord.}}
#* {{quote-book|enm|year=c.1480|title=w:The Towneley Plays|chapter=The Creation|line=193–195|passage= Ye shall have joye and blis therin / Whils ye will kepe you out of syn, / I say withoutten '''lese'''.|translation=You'll have joy and tranquility within / if you keep yourself out of sin, / I say, without '''lies'''.}}

==Middle French==

===Etymology===
from {{inh|frm|fro|les}}, from {{inh|frm|la|illōs|g=m}} and {{m|la|illās|g=f}}

===Article===
{{head|frm|article|g=m-p|g2=f-p|masculine singular|le|feminine singular|la}}

# [[the]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|les}}

==Norman==
{{Norman definite articles}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nrf|Jer-les.ogg|a=Jersey}}

===Article===
{{head|nrf|article|g=p|singular|lé|and|la}}

# {{alt form|nrf|l's}}
#: {{uxi|nrf|'''les''' boutons|'''the''' nipples}}
#: {{uxi|nrf|'''les''' êpices|'''the''' spices}}
#: {{uxi|nrf|'''les''' lédgeunmes|'''the''' vegetables}}
#: {{uxi|nrf|'''les''' ridgieaux|'''the''' curtains}}
#* {{quote-journal|1=nrf|date=March 2013|author=Geraint Jennings|title=Mar martello|newspaper=The Town Crier|url=http://www.sthelier.je/media/228311/town_crier-march2013-web.pdf|page=20|passage=Dans '''les''' clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.|t=In '''the''' fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.|accessdate=17 October 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313042645/http://www.sthelier.je/media/228311/town_crier-march2013-web.pdf|archivedate=13 March 2016}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Verb===
{{head|nb|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|nb|lese||imp}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Verb===
{{head|nn|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nn|lesa||pres|tense}}
# {{infl of|nn|lesa||imp}}

==Old Czech==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|zlw-ocs|sla-pro|*lěsъ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-ocs-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{zlw-ocs-noun|g=m-in}}

# [[forest]]
#: {{syn|zlw-ocs|hvozd}}

====Declension====
{{zlw-ocs-ndecl|m}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|cs|les}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:zlw-ocs:Gebauer}}

{{C|zlw-ocs|Forests}}

==Old French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|illas}} and {{m|la|illos}}.

===Article===
{{head|fro|article}}

# [[the]] (feminine plural oblique definite article)
# [[the]] (feminine plural nominative definite article)
# [[the]] (masculine plural oblique definite article)

====Inflection====
{{fro-definite-article}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|frm|les}}

==Old Irish==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|sga|[lʲesʲ]}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|sga|prepositional pronoun|emphatic|lessom}}

# {{infl of|sga|la||3s|m}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|sga|less}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|sga|[l͈ʲes]}}

====Noun====
{{head|sga|noun|g=m}}

# {{alt sp|sga|less|t=benefit, advantage}}

===Mutation===
{{sga-mutation|l|es}}

==Old Slovak==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|zlw-osk|sla-pro|*lě̑sъ}}. {{etydate|1386}}.

===Noun===
{{zlw-osk-noun|m-in}}

# [[forest]], [[woods]] {{gl|dense uncultivated tract of trees}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|rsk|лєс}}
* {{desc|sk|les}}

===References===
* {{R:sk:HSSJ}}

{{C|zlw-osk|Forests}}

==Rohingya==

===Etymology===
Compare with {{cog|bn|লেজ}}.

===Noun===
{{head|rhg|noun}}

# [[tail]]

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|bg|лес}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|lesuri}}

# {{lb|ro|Oltenia}} [[thicket]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

===References===
* {{R:MDA2}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/lêːs/}}

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*lěsъ||tree, forest}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|sh|lijȇs||Ijekavian}}

====Noun====
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=lȇs}}

# [[coffin]]
# {{lb|sh|regionally}} [[lumber]]
# {{lb|sh|regionally}} [[forest]], [[woods]]

=====Declension=====
{{sh-decl-noun
|lȇs|lésovi
|lesa|lésōvā
|lesu|lesovima
|les|lesove
|lese|lesovi
|lesu|lesovima
|lesom|lesovima
}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|sh|de|Löss}}.

====Noun====
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=lȇs}}

# {{lb|sh|geology}} [[loess]]

{{C|sh|Building materials|Burial|Containers|Forests|Woods}}

==Slovak==
{{wp|lang=sk}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sk|zlw-osk|les}}, from {{inh|sk|sla-pro|*lěsъ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{sk-noun|m-in|adj=lesný|dim=lesík|dim2=lesíček|aug=lesisko}}

# [[forest]], [[woods]]

====Declension====
{{sk-ndecl|m-in}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

{{C|sk|Forests}}

==Slovene==
{{wikipedia|lang=sl}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sl|sla-pro|*lěsъ}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sl-IPA|lẹ̑s}}
* {{rhymes|sl|eːs}}
* {{hyphenation|sl|les}}

===Noun===
{{sl-noun|lẹ̑s|m-in}}
{{sl-at-to|iz|atform=lesu|toform=les|fromform=lesa}}

# {{lb|sl|uncountable}} [[wood]]
#: {{syn|sl|lesovina|lesnina|lesna snov}}
# {{lb|sl|uncommon|uncountable}} [[tree]]s in a forest{{sl-ref|SSKJ}}
#: {{syn|sl|drevo|drev}}
# {{lb|sl|usually|in the plural|archaic|or|literary}} [[forest]], [[woods]]
#: {{syn|sl|gozd|boršt|gmajna|gaj|gošča|gozdek|gozdič|gozdiček|gozdni labirint|hosta|lesovje|log|loza|šuma}}
# {{lb|sl|christianity|rare}} [[cross]]
#: {{syn|sl|križ|krucifiks}}

====Declension====
{{sl-infl-noun
|||lẹ̑s|les|stemtone=c|title=no
|gender=m
|declension type=1
|subtype?=h
|accent=4b
|animate?=in
|infix=ov
}}
{{sl-infl-noun
|title=no
|||lẹ̑s|les|stemtone=c
|gender=m
|declension type=1
|subtype?=h
|accent=1
|animate?=in
|above=* stylistically marked
}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|sl
|biti iz drugačnega lesa
|biti čez les
|biti malo čez les
|biti v lesu
|blagoslovjeni les
|gadov les
|kačji les
|pasji les
|volčji les
|popotni les
|rastni les
|rodni les
|božji les
|dišeči les
|črni les
|okrogli les
|pozni les
|stoječi les
|les na panju
|les dela
|jamski les
|tehnični les
|vezani les
|celulozni les
|nedeljni les
|nedeljski les
|sladki les
|lẹ̄sən
|lesnīna
|lesẹ̑n
|lesenẹ́ti
|olesenẹ́ti
|zlesenẹ́ti
}}

===Further reading===
{{R:sl:FR}}

{{c|sl|Building materials|Woods}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|es|la|illīs}}, dative plural of {{m|la|ille}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|es|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|es|ellos,ellas||dative}}; to [[them]], for them
#: {{ux|es|Los chicos están hambrientos, '''les''' llevaré algo de comer.|The boys are hungry, I'll bring '''them''' something to eat.}}
# {{inflection of|es|ustedes||dat}}; to [[you all]], for you all (formal)
#: {{ux|es|Hijas, ¿quieren que '''les''' compre algo de la tienda?|Daughters, do you want me to buy '''you all''' anything from the store?}}
# {{lb|es|[[leísmo]]|dialectal}} {{inflection of|es|ustedes||accusative}}; [[you all]] {{q|formal}}
#: {{syn|es|los|las}}
#: {{ux|es|¿Necesitan que [yo] '''les''' ayude en algo?|Do you need me to help '''you all''' with anything?}}
# {{lb|es|[[leísmo]]|dialectal|proscribed|_|except in impersonal sentences with "''[[se]]''"}} {{inflection of|es|ellos,ellas||accusative}}; [[them]]
#: {{syn|es|lo|la}}
#: {{ux|es|Se '''les''' considera unos tontos. ''[non-proscribed]''|They consider '''them''' fools.}}
#: {{ux|es|Ayer '''les''' vi cenando en un restaurante. ''[proscribed]''|Yesterday I saw '''them''' dining at a restaurant.}}
# {{lb|es|gender-neutral|neologism}} {{inflection of|es|elles||dat}}; to [[them]], for them
#: {{ux|es|'''Les''' pedí que por favor hagan silencio.|I asked '''them''' to please be quiet.}}

====See also====
{{es-personal pronouns}}

===Etymology 2===
{{-a-o-e|es}}

====Article====
{{head|es|article|g=gneut-p}}

# {{lb|es|gender-neutral|neologism}} [[the]] {{q|plural}}
#: {{ux|es|'''Les''' estudiantes están prestando atención a la clase.|'''The''' students are paying attention to the class.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE|le}}
* {{R:es:DPD|leísmo}}

==Tok Pisin==

===Etymology===
From {{der|tpi|en|[[lazy]]}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|tpi|adjective}}

# [[lazy]]
# [[tired]], [[fed up]]

===Verb===
{{head|tpi|verb}}

# be lazy
# be tired, be fed up

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/leːs/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|eːs|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|cy|en|lace}}.

====Noun====
{{cy-noun|f|lesau}}

# [[lace]] {{gloss|light fabric patterned with holes}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|cy|enm|lease}}, from {{der|cy|xno|les}}, from {{der|cy|fro|lais}}, {{m|fro|lez|t=a lease}}.

====Noun====
{{cy-noun|f|lesoedd}}

# [[lease]]

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alter|cy|lês||obsolete}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|cy|lesddeiliad||leaseholder}}

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Noun====
{{head|cy|mutated noun}}

# {{soft mutation of|cy|lles}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut|lles}}