WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-le,
- a suffix of verbs having a frequentative force:dazzle; twinkle.
- a suffix of adjectives formed originally on verbal stems and having the sense of "apt to'':brittle.
- a noun suffix having originally a diminutive meaning:bramble.
- a noun suffix indicating agent or instrument:beadle;bridle;thimble.
- Middle English -len, Old English -lian (verb, verbal); Middle English -el, Old English -ol (adjective, adjectival); Middle English -el, Old English -il (diminutive); Middle English -el, Old English -ol, -ul (agent)
- Sportleft end.
'-le' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Adamov
- Alain-Fournier
- Antheil
- Aragon
- Artaud
- Barbusse
- Bayard
- Bois-le-Duc
- Bresson
- Camus
- Cap-Haitien
- Carné
- Chabrol
- Chandigarh
- Chrétien de Troyes
- cicada
- cicala
- Claudel
- cockney
- Crawford
- d'Alembert
- dernier cri
- Despenser
- éminence grise
- fo'c's'le
- Fontenelle
- forecastle
- Fourier
- France
- Genet
- Giraudoux
- Grand Guignol
- Guinness
- Haute-Loire
- Havre
- Houghton-le-Spring
- Iberville
- Îles sous le Vent
- Jones
- Jura
- Labiche
- Langtry
- Lebrun
- Le Carré
- Le Creusot
- Leeward Islands
- Le Fanu
- Le Havre
- Le Mans
- Le Nôtre