léthargique, adj., lethargic, lethargical.
léthé, n.m., (myth.) Lethe.
léthifère, adj., lethiferous.
lettre, n.f., letter, note, bill; (print.) letter, type. pl., literature, letters. Prendre une chose à la —, au pied de la —; to take a thing literally, in a literal sense, to the letter. Rendre à la —; to render word for word, literally. En toutes —s; at full length, plainly, unmistakeably. — de change; bill of exchange. — de crédit; letter of credit; credentials. —s patentes; letters patent. — de cachet; (French hist.) lettres-de-cachet, arbitrary warrant. —s de marque; letters of mark. — de mer; (nav.) pass. — de voiture; way-bill. — affranchie; paid letter. — recommandée or chargée; registered letter. — refusée, — morte, — au rebut, — tombée en rebut; dead letter. Boîte aux —s; letter-box. Expédition des —s; dispatch of letters. Jeter, mettre, une — à la poste; to post a letter. Ce sont —s closes; that is a secret. Un homme de —s; a man of letters. Les belles-—s; polite literature. Gravure avant la —; proof engraving.
lettré, -e, adj., lettered, literate, literary. n.m., scholar. Les —s; the literate, literati.
lettrine, n.f., (print.) heading, reference.
leu, n.m., old French for loup, wolf; still in use in the expression: à la queue leu leu; one after the other, in a file.
leucorrhée, n.f., (med.) leucorrhœa, whites.
leur, personal pron., to them, them. Je le — donne; I give it to them. Je — ai dit cela; I told them that. Donnez-le-—; give it to them.
leur, possessive adj., their. Le —, la —, les —s; possess. pron., theirs. J’aime mieux ma maison que la —; I like my house better than theirs. Je ne veux rien du —; I want nothing of theirs.