Lès

The word lès (French pronunciation: [lɛ] ^ⓘ, and [lɛz‿] with liaison) is an archaic French preposition meaning "near", "nearby", or "next to".^[1]^[2] Today it occurs only in place names to distinguish places with the same name.

The word lès has two variants: lez and les.^[1] The latter should not be confused with the plural definite article les (e.g. les-Bains, "the Baths").