the – English–Français translations

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the article

  /jiː/ , /ðeː/ , /ði/ , /ði/ [ðɪj] , /ðiː/ , /ðə/ , /θeː/
  • article
le, la, les, l'
  • used with the name of a member of a class to refer to all things in that class
  • with a superlative
  • stressed, indicating that the object in question is the only one worthy of attention
  • used as an alternative to a possessive pronoun before body parts
  • introducing dates in a letter, such as "the 1st of May 2025"
le
  • with an adjectival noun, as in “the hungry” to mean “hungry people”
les, le

the adverb

  /jiː/ , /ðeː/ , /ði/ , /ði/ [ðɪj] , /ðiː/ , /ðə/ , /θeː/
  • the + comparative, the + comparative
le + comp., le + comp.
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