lê
Portuguese, noun/ˈle/
lê is spelled L-Ê (2 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “The name of the Latin script letter L/l” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of ler. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fonema correspondente ao ele (éle) [L, l]”.
What does lê mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter L/l.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
- 3
apocopic form of ler; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
- 4
eye dialect spelling of ler, representing Brazil Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
article: 1. partícula gramatical usada antes de substantivos ou palavras substantivadas; por geral indica uma coisa em particular
pronoun: 1. lhe
noun: 1. fonema correspondente ao ele (éle) [L, l]
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lê
- lês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lê?
- Brazil /ˈle/
- Portugal /ˈle/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lê in Portuguese?
lê appears 47 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).