lesse

See also: -lesse

English

Adverb

lesse (not comparable)

Archaic form of less.

Anagrams

Seles, Slees, leses, seels, seles

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

läse, lease (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German lesan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛzə/

Verb

lesse (third-person singular present liss or lisst or less or lesst, past tense los, past participle jelesse or gelesse)

(Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to read
Kanns de net lesse? Do steht et doch jeschrevve.
Can't you read? It's written right there.

Dutch

Verb

lesse

(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lessen

Galician

Verb

lesse

(reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler

Hungarian

Etymology

les +‎ -je

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃːɛ]
Hyphenation: les‧se
Rhymes: -ʃɛ

Verb

lesse

third-person singular subjunctive present definite of les

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.se/
Rhymes: -ɛsse
Hyphenation: lès‧se

Verb

lesse

third-person singular past historic of leggere

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈles.se/
Rhymes: -esse
Hyphenation: lés‧se

Adjective

lesse

feminine plural of lesso

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English lǣs, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”).

Alternative forms

lesce, lasse
leasse, leas (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛs/, /lɛːs/

Adverb

lesse

less

Descendants

English: less
Yola: lhose, lass

References

“lē̆s(se, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

lesse

alternative form of las (“lace”)

Etymology 3

Verb

lesse

(Late Middle English) alternative form of lesen (“to lose”)

Etymology 4

Verb

lesse

alternative form of lesen (“to release”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.se/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.sɨ/

Homophone: lê-se

Verb

lesse

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler