French - Italian Dictionary
/lə/
Le is the French definite article (masculine singular) or a direct object pronoun meaning "him" or "it". In Italian, it translates mainly to il, lo, or lo depending on the noun's gender, number, and the following sound.
| # | Type | French | Italian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pronoun | le accusative / direct object | lo |
| 2 | pronoun | le object — see also that | lo |
| 3 | article | le article | il |
| 4 | article | le article | lo |
| 5 | article | le article | la |
| 6 | article | le article | l' |
| 7 | article | le article | i |
| 8 | article | le article | gli |
| 9 | article | le with a superlative | il |
| 10 | article | le used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class | il |
| 11 | article | le introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025" | li |
| 12 | article | le introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025" | lì |
Le chat est noir.
Il gatto è nero.
Je le vois tous les jours.
Lo vedo tutti i giorni.
Le plus beau musée de la ville.
Il museo più bello della città.
As an article, le precedes masculine singular nouns; the Italian equivalent (il, lo, or l') depends on whether the following word starts with a consonant, z, s + consonant, or a vowel. As a pronoun, le (direct object) becomes lo in Italian, and agrees with the noun it replaces regardless of gender.
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