laisse

See also: laissé and laîsse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French laisse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪs/
• Homophone: lace

Noun

laisse (plural laisses)

1. A section of verse concerning a single theme; tirade.

Anagrams

• Alesis, Alessi, Elissa, Lassie, aisles, lassie, sailes, slaies

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛs/

• audio:

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Noun

laisse f (plural laisses)

1. leash, lead
2. foreshore
3. (poetry) laisse

Verb

laisse

1. first-person singular present indicative of laisser
2. third-person singular present indicative of laisser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of laisser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of laisser
5. second-person singular imperative of laisser

Further reading

• “laisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• asiles
• liasse