English:blues
“(Music genre) Li shant léblouz.”
— He sings Blues.
“(Depressed) Li viní dékourajé apré sô louvraj frémé.”
— She got down in the dumps when her job closed.
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Louisiana Creole words starting with “L”
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English:education
“Li pa gin lédikasyon.”
— She has no education (she is ignorant).
“Pou un bon lédikasyon, to gin pou kouri dòt plas.”
— For a good education, you've to go someplace else.
English:frozen vegetables
English:vegetable
légliz, egliz
NounEnglish:church
légonn
NounEnglish:leghorn (chicken)
English:needle
“légwiy a matlá”
— mattress
léjitimm
adjectiveEnglish:legitimate
léjé
AdjectiveEnglish:light, thin
lékipaj
nounEnglish:caldron
“Dan tem-çéla, ça sé fé dê graton endan un gro lékipaj.”
— In the past, they would make hog crackling in a big caldron.
léko
nounEnglish:echo
Synonyms:sound
Antonyms:silence
“Mo tandé un léko.”
— I heard an echo.
lékol, lékòl
NounEnglish:school
léktoer
NounEnglish:elephant
lékupasyon
NounEnglish:occupation, work, job
lékòrsh
NounEnglish:bark, outer covering, skin, hull, scale (of fish), shell (of crawfish)