leste

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Dutch

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Verb

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leste

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

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian lesto.

Adjective

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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leste

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

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From French l’est, from Old English ēast.

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Noun

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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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Etymology 2

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Verb

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leste

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

Hungarian

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Etymology

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les +‎ -te

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

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leste

  1. third-person singular indicative past definite of les

Usage notes

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

Italian

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leste

  1. feminine plural of lesto

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Middle English

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Adjective

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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

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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leste m or f

  1. (Jersey) nimble

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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leste

  1. simple past of lese

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French l’est (the east),[1][2] from le, l’ (the) + est (east), from Old English ēast (east), from Proto-West Germanic *austr. Distant cognate to austro, via Latin.

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  • Hyphenation: les‧te

Noun

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leste m (plural lestes)

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


Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

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leste

  1. second-person singular preterite indicative of ler
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References

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  1. ^ leste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ leste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024