Le
See also: Appendix:Variations of "le"
English
Etymology
- As a Chinese surname:
- As a Vietnamese surname, variant of Lê and Lệ.
Proper noun
Le (plural Les)
- A surname.
Translations
Vietnamese surname
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Le is the 277th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 110967 individuals. Le is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.59%) individuals.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Lê.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛ]
Proper noun
Le m anim (female equivalent Leová)
- a surname from Vietnamese
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “Le”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese Lê.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Le m or f
- a surname from Vietnamese
Italian
Pronoun
Le f
- (formal) alternative letter-case form of le (“you”)
- Nel ringraziarLa per la Sua risposta, Le porgo i miei distinti saluti. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also
Italian personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Gender | Nominative | Reflexive | Accusative | Dative | Combined | Disjunctive | Locative | Partitive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | first | — | io | mi, m', -mi | me | me | — | |||
| second | — | tu | ti, t', -ti | te | te | |||||
| third | m | lui | si2, s', -si | lo, l', -lo | gli, -gli | glie, se2 | lui, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | lei, Lei1 | la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 | le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 | lei, Lei1, sé | ||||||
| Plural | first | — | noi | ci, c', -ci | ce | noi | — | |||
| second | — | voi, Voi4 | vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 | ve | voi, Voi4 | |||||
| third | m | loro, Loro1 | si, s', -si | li, Li1, -li, -Li1 | gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1 |
glie, se | loro, Loro1, sé | ci, c', vi, v' (formal) |
ne, n' | |
| f | le, Le1, -le, -Le1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead. | |||||||||
| 2 | Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive. | |||||||||
| 3 | Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language. | |||||||||
| 4 | Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous). | |||||||||