lester

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French

Etymology

From lest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

lester

  1. to ballast

Conjugation

Conjugation of lester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lester
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lestant
/lɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lesté
/lɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present leste
/lɛst/ 		lestes
/lɛst/ 		leste
/lɛst/ 		lestons
/lɛs.tɔ̃/ 		lestez
/lɛs.te/ 		lestent
/lɛst/
imperfect lestais
/lɛs.tɛ/ 		lestais
/lɛs.tɛ/ 		lestait
/lɛs.tɛ/ 		lestions
/lɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		lestiez
/lɛs.tje/ 		lestaient
/lɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 lestai
/lɛs.te/ 		lestas
/lɛs.ta/ 		lesta
/lɛs.ta/ 		lestâmes
/lɛs.tam/ 		lestâtes
/lɛs.tat/ 		lestèrent
/lɛs.tɛʁ/
future lesterai
/lɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		lesteras
/lɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		lestera
/lɛs.tə.ʁa/ 		lesterons
/lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		lesterez
/lɛs.tə.ʁe/ 		lesteront
/lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lesterais
/lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		lesterais
/lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		lesterait
/lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		lesterions
/lɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lesteriez
/lɛs.tə.ʁje/ 		lesteraient
/lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present leste
/lɛst/ 		lestes
/lɛst/ 		leste
/lɛst/ 		lestions
/lɛs.tjɔ̃/ 		lestiez
/lɛs.tje/ 		lestent
/lɛst/
imperfect2 lestasse
/lɛs.tas/ 		lestasses
/lɛs.tas/ 		lestât
/lɛs.ta/ 		lestassions
/lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		lestassiez
/lɛs.ta.sje/ 		lestassent
/lɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — leste
/lɛst/ 		— lestons
/lɛs.tɔ̃/ 		lestez
/lɛs.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lestr. Cognate with Icelandic lestur.

Noun

lester m (definite singular lesteren, indefinite plural lestrar, definite plural lestrane)

  1. reading
  2. (ecclesiastical) lection

References

Anagrams

Old Cornish

Etymology

from Proto-Celtic *lestro-

Noun

lester

  1. vessel
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