le
Old French
/lə/
article
Definitions
- the (masculine singular oblique definite article)
- (Picardy) the (feminine singular definite article)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin illum.
Origin
Latin
illum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *illu Latin
- *lo, *illu Latin
- ille Latin
- illud Latin
- illum Latin
- ello Italian
- il Italian
- le French
- eneslepas Old French
- isnel Old French
- pas Old French
- el Catalan, Valencian
- al Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- îl Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ăl Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ăla Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- le Middle French
- ledict Middle French
- o Old Portuguese
- ãl Aromanian
- il Friulian
- iddu Sicilian
- el Venetian
- o Ligurian
- 'u Neapolitan
- el Istriot
- ollus Old Latin
- o Aragonese