leste

See also: lesté and lēstē

Dutch

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Adjective

leste

1. inflection of lest:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

leste

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛst/

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• Homophones: lestent, lestes
• Rhymes: -ɛst

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

• avoir la main leste
• lestement

Etymology 2

Verb

leste

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

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology 1

From French l'est, from Old English ēast.

Alternative forms

• E
• L

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛste/ [ˈlɛs̺.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɛste
• Hyphenation: les‧te

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

Synonyms

• (east): levante, nacente, oriente, raiante
• (eastern portion): oriente
• (eastern wind): levante

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “east”): occidente, oeste, poñente

Coordinate terms

• norte
• occidente
• sur

Derived terms

• norleste
• surleste
• Timor Leste

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleste/ [ˈles̺.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -este
• Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

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

Further reading

• “leste”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “leste”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leste”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leste”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “leste”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Hungarian

Etymology

les +‎ -te

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛʃtɛ]
• 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:

• leste (…) el, el … leste ― elleste ― elles
• and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛste
• Hyphenation: lè‧ste

Adjective

leste

1. feminine plural of lesto

Anagrams

• stele

Middle English

Adjective

leste

1. last; final
   • 14^th 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

leste m or f

1. (Jersey) nimble

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leste

1. simple past of lese

Anagrams

• eltes, eslet, etles, -elset, letes, selet, selte, stele

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French l'est (“the east”), from le, l' (“the”) + est (“east”), from Old English ēast (“east”), from Proto-West Germanic *austr. Distant cognate to austro, via Latin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: les‧te

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

1. east (compass point)

   Synonyms: este, lés

Coordinate terms

compass points: pontos cardeais:  ^[edit]

noroeste	norte	nordeste
oeste poente ocidente		leste este nascente oriente
sudoeste	sul	sudeste

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈles.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈles.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈleʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈles.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈleʃ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

1. second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Alternative forms

• lêste (obsolete)