la
French
article
Definitions
- the definite article.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French la inherited from Old French la (there) inherited from Latin illam.
Origin
Latin
illam
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- La Porte English
- La Rochelle English
- LaPorte County English
- Labelle English
- Lacaille English
- Lafontaine English
- Lamar English
- Lamotte English
- Lapeer County English
- Laval English
- Lavoie English
- New Rochelle English
- Rochelle English
- lacrosse English
- lakou English
- compound, fr Latin
- illa Latin
- illa(m), illa Latin
- illa(m), illam Latin
- illam Latin
- illāc Latin
- labium, labii Latin
- Laguardia Italian
- alla Italian
- arrivederla Italian
- eccola Italian
- la Italian
- monsù Italian
- lacrosse Dutch, Flemish
- *seior, from der French
- -, der French
- LL. French
- La Rochelle French
- Labelle French
- Lacaille French
- Lafontaine French
- Lamotte French
- Laval French
- Lavallois French
- Lavoie French
- Motte French
- Nouvelle-Rochelle French
- VL. French
- barbe French
- belle French
- bellum French
- caille French
- cour, la cour French
- crosse French
- fontaine French
- frm French
- fro French
- it French
- l French
- la barbe French
- lacrosse French
- laquelle French
- lavallois French
- là French
- meum, nominative neuter singular of m French
- meus French
- mon French
- mon, from der French
- monsieur French
- mort French
- mum, a reduced variant of der French
- mun, from der French
- older, elder French
- para French
- parabellum French
- pms French
- quelle French
- rochelle French
- senior French
- sieur French
- sire, from der French
- trompe-la-mort French
- tromper French
- val French
- voie French
- la Spanish, Castilian
- lacrosse Norwegian Bokmål
- lacrosse Polish
- lacrosse Norwegian Nynorsk
- la Old French
- rochelle Old French
- la Esperanto
- la Ido
- lacrosse Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- la Norman
- la Middle French
- lassus Middle French
- u Aromanian
- lachè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lakou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lamè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lakanpagn Mauritian Creole
- la Corsican
- là Corsican
- monsù Piedmontese
- la Michif
- l
- -
- it
- là
- fro
- mum
- pms
- mon
- frm
- mon
- VL.
- mun
- LL.
- val
- meus
- sire
- voie
- mort
- para
- der
- meum
- cour
- belle
- Motte
- barbe
- Laval
- sieur
- older
- crosse
- *seior
- Lavoie
- quelle
- caille
- bellum
- elder
- senior
- Lamotte
- Labelle
- tromper
- monsieur
- rochelle
- laquelle
- Lacaille
- la barbe
- lacrosse
- fontaine
- la cour
- from der
- from der
- lavallois
- from der
- Lavallois
- from der
- Lafontaine
- parabellum
- La Rochelle
- trompe-la-mort
- Nouvelle-Rochelle
- a reduced variant of der
- nominative neuter singular of m