-le Definition

əl, 'l
affix
Forming verbs denoting repeated action, esp. of a small or trivial kind.
Babble, sparkle.
Webster's New World
Forming nouns, orig. usually with a diminutive sense.
Icicle, thimble.
Webster's New World
Forming adjectives, esp. from verb stems.
Brittle.
Webster's New World
article

(informal, humorous, chiefly Internet) The.

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abbreviation
(astronomy, astronomy) Lyman-alpha emitter.
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Origin of -le

  • From French le.

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-le Sentence Examples

  • On the 7th of May 1451 Waynflete, from "le peynted chambre" in his manor house at Southwark, asserting that his bishopric was canonically obtained and that he laboured under no disqualification, but feared some grievous attempt against himself and his see, appealed to the protection of the pope.

  • But the tale is not contemporary, and is an obvious copy of the story told of Jacques de Molay, grand-master of the Temple, and Philippe Le Bel.

  • Baron de Reiffenberg, Le Chevalier au cygne et Godfrey de Bouillon (Brussels, 2 vols., 1846-1848), in Mon.

  • The great port of Le Havre stands at the mouth of the Seine estuary, which opens into the bay of,the Seine on the east.

  • He was followed by Janus de Noir, le sieur du Roule, who was sent by Louis XIV.

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