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le

Pronunciation: /leː/

“le” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to smile
  2. to grin (when more or less interchangeable with smile – for example of a more "genuine" or "beautiful" grin – compare flina and flin)
  3. to laugh

Etymology

From Old Swedish lēia, lea, from Old Norse hlæja (“to laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

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