leste
See also: lesté
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leste
- inflection of lessen:
French edit
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leste (plural lestes)
- agile; nimble
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 2, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Arshavin s’est repoussé sur le dossier de son siège, avec cet air soudain leste, plus mobile, qu’il avait quand il réfléchissait […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Etymology 2 edit
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leste
- inflection of lester:
Further reading edit
- “leste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French l’est, from Old English ēast.
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Noun edit
leste m (plural lestes)
- (uncountable) east (cardinal direction)
- (uncountable) the eastern portion of a territory or region
- (countable) an eastern; a wind blowing from the east
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leste
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler
Hungarian edit
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leste
Usage notes edit
This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- leste (…) el, el … leste ― elleste ― elles
- and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.
Italian edit
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leste
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Middle English edit
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leste
- last; final
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
So hidously þat with þe leste strook
That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook
- The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
- 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale
Norman edit
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective edit
leste m or f
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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leste
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Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French l’est (“the east”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: les‧te
Noun edit
leste m (plural lestes)
Coordinate terms edit
- (compass points) ponto cardeal;
noroeste | norte | nordeste |
oeste poente ocidente |
leste este nascente oriente | |
sudoeste | sul | sudeste |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: les‧te
Verb edit
leste
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References edit
- ^ “leste” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “leste” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.