leste
See also: lesté
Dutch
editPronunciation
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Verb
editleste
- inflection of lessen:
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editleste (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)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editleste
- inflection of lester:
Further reading
edit- “leste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology 1
editFrom French l’est, from Old English ēast.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editleste 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
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editCoordinate terms
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editleste
- (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editleste
Usage notes
editThis 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
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editleste
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editAdjective
editleste
- 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
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
editleste m or f
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editleste
Anagrams
editPortuguese
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French l’est (“the east”),[1][2] from le, l’ (“the”) + est (“east”), from Old English ēast (“east”), from Proto-West Germanic *austr. Distant cognate to austro, via Latin.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: les‧te
Noun
editleste 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
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: les‧te
Verb
editleste
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- ^ “leste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “leste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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