the (definite article) · Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English. · the; my, your, etc.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Italic *olnos Old Latin olle Latin ille Old French le Middle French le French le From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, by dropping il- and -m. Latin illum is the accusative singular of ille.
Le lait du matin.
L'amour est aveugle.
Je vais visiter le Canada l'année prochaine, surtout l'Ontario et le Québec.
köken: From Middle Irish íat (“they, them”), from Old Irish é, ía (“they”) (plural of é (“he”)) with the addition of the 3rd person plural verb ending. Cognate with Welsh hwy ~ hwynt, Breton i ~ int, with the same addition of the verb ending.
köken: From the accusative Proto-Albanian *a-ta, compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative ta, from Proto-Indo-European *tóms, masculine accusative plural of *só m (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that). Older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asish, acish, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsj(a)isu, from *ḱjoisu, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English…