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📖 Definitions of "Le"

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    Next to, near (still used in some place names)

    "Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham near an old Roman road."

🔄 Synonyms of "Le"

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systemic lupus erythematosusnoun(pathology) A systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease), where the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue and causes inflammation and tissue damage.
lupus erythematosusnounAny of a set of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues.
disseminated lupus erythematosusnounan inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms
slenoun(Singapore, in road signs) Abbreviation of Seletar Expressway.

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slenoun(Singapore, in road signs) Abbreviation of Seletar Expressway.
systemic lupus erythematosusnoun(pathology) A systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease), where the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue and causes inflammation and tissue damage.
disseminated lupus erythematosusnounan inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms
lupus erythematosusnounAny of a set of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues.
arenoun(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
sokennounThe 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at a specific mill or, inversely, the right of a mill to that custom.
thigverb(ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge.
kutnounA traditional Korean shamanic ritual.
rouennounThe prefecture of the department of Seine-Maritime, and the capital of the region of Normandy, France, on the Seine River.
ayernounA surname.
cambrainounA city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river.
chauvenoun
molierenounfrench author of sophisticated comedies (1622-1673)
the(with a superlative adjective) Beyond all others.
elnounThe name of the Latin-script letter L/l.
lanoun(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
losnoun(obsolete) A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.
lasnoun(astronautics) Abbreviation of launch abort system
ilnoun(sports, initialism) Injured list.
lonounA Chinese surname from Mandarin.

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