English words from French
- LarewA surname from French.
- larmierA tearpit (in animals)
- larmoyantTeary, tearful.
- LaRouchismThe idiosyncratic political ideology of Lyndon LaRouche and the political movement founded by him.
- larpurlartismAn artistic movement associated with the slogan "art for art's sake".
- larroonea robber
- LarrowA surname from French.
- larveA larva.
- La SalleA town in the Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Manitoba, Canada.
- LaScieA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- La TacheA commune of Charente department, France.
- lateenA triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
- La TèneA Swiss commune.
- Latin AmericaThose parts of the Americas which speak Romance (Latin-derived) languages, namely Spanish, Portuguese, French, or creoles based on these.
- La ToucheA surname from French.
- La Tour-du-CrieuA village in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
- LatulippeA surname from French.
- La TuqueA city in Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.
- LaurelineA female given name from French.
- LautureA surname from French.
- LauzierA surname from French.
- LavalléeA surname from French. Alternative form of Lavallee.
- La Vallée-de-la-GatineauA regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
- La Vallée-de-l'OrA regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
- LavallieA surname from French.
- lavaretA European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus, found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, and in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.
- LaverdiereA surname from French.
- LaverdureA surname from French.
- LayetA surname from French.
- lazaretA place reserved for people with infectious diseases (especially leprosy or plague) to live on a long-term basis.
- LazaristA member of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission founded by St Vincent de Paul.
- LeazerA surname from French.
- Le CenterA city, the county seat of Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States.
- LeclertA surname from French.
- Le CorreA surname from French.
- LecuyerA surname from French.
- LedruA surname from French.
- LedrueA surname from French.
- left bankThe bank to the left of a river when facing downstream.
- legendairelegendary in act or function.
- LegrixA surname from French.
- leguaanAn iguana.
- leguminAny of a group of globulins, resembling casein, found mostly in legumes and grains.
- Le HavreA city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
- Le LamentinA town and commune of the overseas department of Martinique, France.
- Lemaire ChannelA channel in Antarctica.
- Le MansA city, the capital of Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.
- lemonadierSomeone who makes or sells lemonade.
- lemon soleA European flatfish of the species Microstomus kitt (not a true sole).
- lemoyniteA monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
- LengrandA surname from French.
- Le NobleA surname from French.
- LeopoldvilleFormer name of Kinshasa: the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- LeparmentierA surname from French.
- Le PenA surname from French.
- lepidomelaneA black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.
- LeplatreA surname from French.
- leproseryA building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.
- leptoteneThe first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
- leptyniticRefers to a fine-grained, typically light-colored metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz and feldspar, often associated with high-grade metamorphic processes.
- Les Collines-de-l'OutaouaisA regional county municipality of Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
- lèse-majestéThe crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.
- leseneA low-relief, vertical pillar or pilaster in a wall, usually without a base or capital; used in architecture to divide a facade or other wall surface visually.
- le sighA sigh of longing or disappointment.
- les jeux sont faitsIn roulette, the call made by the croupier as the wheel is set in motion.
- Les Pays-d'en-HautA regional county municipality of Laurentides, Quebec, Canada.
- Les PréauxA commune in Eure department, Normandy, France.
- l'esprit de l'escalierThe phenomenon when a conversational rejoinder or remark only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed.
- LesquinA town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
- Les Sables-d'OlonneA city in Vendée department, France.
- Lesser Slave LakeA lake in Alberta, Canada; one of the largest lakes in Alberta.
- lessesanimal dung
- L'EstaqueA village north-west of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France.
- Le Sud-OuestSynonym of Southwest (“a borough and region of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada”).
- Le TacheA mountain in Chablais Alps, Valais canton, Switzerland.
- l'état, c'est moiUsed to signify one's exercise of power in a dictatiorial, repressive and/or charismatic manner.
- Le TellierA surname from French.
- let George do itLet someone else incur the cost of achieving the shared benefit.
- LetissierA surname from French.
- letter of credenceFormal diplomatic letter that appoints a diplomat as ambassador to another sovereign state.
- let them eat cakeUsed to express a profound disconnect between the elite and the unprivileged or underprivileged, suggesting a callous indifference or detachment to their suffering.
- lettre de cachetA warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime France, especially one which imprisons someone without trial.
- lettrismA French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.
- levainA starter dough for sourdough bread.
- Le VauclinA town and commune in the French overseas department and region, and island, of Martinique.
- level-coilA boisterous and rowdy game formerly played on Christmas, in which players must quickly switch seats at a signal.
- Le VerrierA surname from French
- levierOne who levies.
- LeVoirA surname from French.
- LiabeufA surname from French.
- liberticideCausing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal
- libertinageThe conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.
- LICADHOCambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (one of the oldest human rights organization of Cambodia, founded in 1992)
- lick-boxA gourmand; a glutton.
- LiègeThe largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
- Liège IslandAn island of Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.
- lierneA cross-shaped rib of an ogival vault.
- lierne ribIn Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
- lierreA grayish olive colour.
- LieuchieuSynonym of Ryukyu.