le - French Definition & Examples

le

/lə/

articlemasculineSing

the (masculine singular definite article)

Tu as vu le nouveau film ?

Did you see the new movie?

pronounmasculineSing3

him

it (masculine singular direct object)

Je le rappelle plus tard.

I'll call him back later.

Notes

Le is a French word functioning as both a definite article ("the") and a direct object pronoun ("him/it").

As a definite article, it precedes masculine singular nouns: *le livre* (the book).

As a direct object pronoun, it replaces a masculine singular noun or concept: *Je le vois* (I see him/it).

Le agrees in gender and number.

As an article, it becomes *la* (feminine), *l'* (before a vowel/h muet), or *les* (plural).

As a pronoun, it changes to *la*, *l'*, or *les* too.