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Lénées: Lenaia (an ancient Athenian annual festival in honour of Dionysus Lenaios)
Léo: a male given name, a Latinate variant of Léon
Léogâne: a commune and capital of Léogâne, Ouest department, Haiti; an arrondisement in Ouest department, Haiti
Léon: Leon (a historic region of Brittany, in northwestern France)
Léon: Léon (a commune of Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southwestern France)
Léon: a male given name, equivalent to English Leo or Leon
Léonais: Leonese (person)
Léonard: a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard
Léonce: a male given name
Léone: a female given name, a feminine form of Léon
Léonie: a female given name, a feminine form of Léon
Léonor: a male given name of historical usage
Léonora: a female given name from Italian
Léonore: a female given name
Léopold: a male given name, equivalent to English Leopold
Léopoldville: Leopoldville (former name of Kinshasa: the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lépante: Lepanto
Lépine: a male given name; a surname originating as a patronymic
Lépine: a surname originating as a patronymic
Léthé: Lethe
Léticie: IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /le.ti.si/
Léticie: a female given name of historical usage
Létourneau: Letourneau: a surname
Lévesque: a surname, Levesque, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop
Lévi: Levi (third son of Jacob)
Lévis: a city and regional county municipality of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
Lévite: Levite
Lévitique: Leviticus
Lévy: a Jewish surname, Levy
Lévèque: a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop
Lévézou: Lévézou (a plateau in Aveyron department, Occitania, France)
Lévêque: a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Bishop
Lézard: Lacerta (constellation)
Lézat-sur-Lèze: a small town and commune of Ariège department, Occitania, France
Lœuilly: Lœuilly
l': apocopic form of le, la: him, her, it; apocopic form of le: him, it
l'X: the nickname of the École polytechnique
l'affaire est dans le sac: it's in the bag
l'air de rien: (with a) poker face (without revealing one's thoughts or intentions)
l'air de rien: Describes an apparent lack of merit of special attention or remark
l'air de-ne-pas-y-toucher: poker face (without revealing one's thoughts or intentions)
l'amour est aveugle: love is blind (a person who is in love can see no faults or imperfections in the person whom they love)
l'appétit vient en mangeant: appetite comes with eating
l'argent est bon serviteur et mauvais maître: one should see money as a tool and not as an end in itself; one should not be ruled by one's love for money
l'argent est le nerf de la guerre: money is crucial to wage a war, money is key when waging a war, money is the fuel of war; money is of the essence
l'argent n'a pas d'odeur: money does not smell
l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur: money can't buy happiness
l'argent ne pousse pas dans les arbres: money doesn't grow on trees
l'argent ne tombe pas du ciel: money doesn't grow on trees
l'arme au pied: at the ready; at rest; sitting by, standing idly by, not doing anything
l'art pour l'art: art for art's sake
l'autre jour: the other day (recently, lately)
l'avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt: the early bird gets the worm
l'avenir le dira: time will tell
l'avoir belle: to be at an advantage
l'avoir dans l'os: to be fucked, to be screwed
l'avoir dans le cul: to get fucked over, to be fucked, to be screwed
l'avoir mauvaise: not to be happy, not to be pleased, to be less than pleased
l'emporter: to prevail (over), to beat, to get the better of, to get the upper hand (over)
l'ennemi de mon ennemi est mon ami: the enemy of my enemy is my friend