lesse

See also: -lesse

English

Adverb

lesse (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of less.

Anagrams

• Seles, Slees, leses, seels, seles

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• läse, lease (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German lesan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛzə/

Verb

lesse (third-person singular present liss or lisst or less or lesst, past tense los, past participle jelesse or gelesse)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to read

   Kanns de net lesse? Do steht et doch jeschrevve.

   Can't you read? It's written right there.

Dutch

Verb

lesse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lessen

Galician

Verb

lesse

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler

Hungarian

Etymology

les +‎ -je

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃːɛ]
• Hyphenation: les‧se
• Rhymes: -ʃɛ

Verb

lesse

1. third-person singular subjunctive present definite of les

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.se/
• Rhymes: -ɛsse
• Hyphenation: lès‧se

Verb

lesse

1. third-person singular past historic of leggere

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈles.se/
• Rhymes: -esse
• Hyphenation: lés‧se

Adjective

lesse

1. feminine plural of lesso

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lesce, lasse
• leasse, leas (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English lǣs, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛs/, /lɛːs/

Adverb

lesse

1. less

Descendants

• English: less
• Yola: lhose, lass

References

• “lē̆s(se, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.sɨ/

• Homophone: lê-se

Verb

lesse

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler