leste

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See also: lesté

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

leste

  1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative and subjunctive of lessen

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

leste (plural lestes)

  1. agile; nimble

Derived terms

Verb

leste

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

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French l’est, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ēast.

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

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Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

leste f

  1. feminine plural of lesto

Anagrams

Middle English

Adjective

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

Etymology

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Adjective

leste m or f

  1. (Jersey) nimble

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leste

  1. simple past of lese

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French l’est (“the east”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

  1. east (compass point)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈles.t͡ʃi/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): /ˈleʃ.tɨ/

Verb

leste

  1. Template:pt-verb-form-of
Alternative forms
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