-le

¹ American  

1. a suffix of verbs having a frequentative force.

   dazzle; twinkle.

2. a suffix of adjectives formed originally on verbal stems and having the sense of “apt to”.

   brittle.

3. a noun suffix having originally a diminutive meaning.

   bramble.

4. a noun suffix indicating agent or instrument.

   beadle; bridle; thimble.

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l.e. ² American  

abbreviation

Football.

1. left end.

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LE ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. lupus erythematosus

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-le ² British  

suffix

1. denoting repeated or continuous action, often of a diminutive nature

   twiddle

   wriggle

   wrestle

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Etymology

Origin of -le

Middle English -len, Old English -lian (v.); Middle English -el, Old English -ol (adj.); Middle English -el, Old English -il (diminutive); Middle English -el, Old English -ol, -ul (agent)

Example Sentences

As a first-year computer science student in Hanoi, Hoang Le started trading crypto from his university dorm room, egged on by his gamer friends who were making a killing.

From Barron's

"When profits were high, everyone became greedy," said Le, now 23, adding that "it was too good to be true".

From Barron's

Around him orbits a constellation of classmates - caustic, thoughtful, restless - who debate Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, Karl Marx and the price of cigarettes with equal seriousness.

From BBC

Why deal with that when the fruit-filled madeleines at Le Comptoir, the shop at the Ritz hotel, and berry-jeweled tartelettes at Tapisserie, from the Septime gang, offer excellence without the drama?

From The Wall Street Journal

The museum said the leak - from a heating pipe - was stopped shortly after midnight and the only painting damaged was Charles Meynier's The Apotheosis of Poussin, Le Sueur and Le Brun.

From BBC