leste

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See also: lesté

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

leste

  1. inflection of lessen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian lesto.

Adjective

leste (plural lestes)

  1. 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

Etymology 2

Verb

leste

  1. inflection of lester:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From French l’est, from Old English ēast.

Alternative forms

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

  1. (uncountable) east (cardinal direction)
  2. (uncountable) the eastern portion of a territory or region
  3. (countable) an eastern; a wind blowing from the east
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Antonyms
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

leste

  1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Hungarian

Etymology

les +‎ -te

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of les

Usage notes

This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:

Italian

Pronunciation

Adjective

leste

  1. feminine plural of lesto

Anagrams

Middle English

Adjective

leste

  1. 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

Norman

Etymology

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Adjective

leste m or f

  1. (Jersey) nimble

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leste

  1. simple past of lese

Anagrams

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French l’est (“the east”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: les‧te

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

  1. east (compass point)
    Synonyms: este, lés
Coordinate terms
noroeste norte nordeste
oeste
poente
ocidente 		leste
este
nascente
oriente
sudoeste sul sudeste


Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of ler
Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ “leste” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “leste” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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