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le

masculine

/li/

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Translation

bed

Word origin

From Latin lectus ('bed, couch'). The same Indo-European root meaning 'to lie down' lies behind English lie and litter (in the sense of a portable couch).

Origin
Latin
Root
lectus
English cognates
litter, lie

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Plurallits

Examples

, au .

I am too tired, I am going to bed.

' .

The bed is not made in your room.

'.

She reads in bed before falling asleep.

au .

The children must go to bed before nine o'clock.

l'-.

The cat often sleeps on my bed in the afternoon.

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This word is part of lesson 10.