lez
French, preposition/le/
lez is spelled L-E-Z (3 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lez is a French preposition meaning “next to, near (still used in some place names)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “À côté de, proche de, tout contre”.
What does lez mean in English?
preposition
- 1
obsoletenext to, near (still used in some place names)
Saint-André-lez-Lille est une ville proche de Lille.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. À côté de, proche de, tout contre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lez
- lès alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lez?
- /le/
- /lɛ/
- \lɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lez in French?
lez appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).