Etymology

le sigh

Today it means: A sigh of longing or disappointment. Full definition →

French le
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The story

  1. French · derived fromle“the”
  2. English todayle sigh

Used by Pepé Le Pew, stereotypically French skunk character in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons; combination of French le (“the”) and English sigh.

Words from the same roots

Frenchle all →

lezydecoLe Centerlemoynite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.