lester

See also: Lester

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish lester, from Old Cornish lester, from Proto-Brythonic *llestr, from Proto-Celtic *lexstrom (“pot”).

Noun

lester m (plural lestri)

1. vessel, dish
2. (nautical) ship

   Synonym: gorhel

3. utensil

Derived terms

• a-lester (“aboard”)
• annedh lester (“houseboat”)
• lester bleujyow, lester flourys (“vase”)
• lester eth, lester ethen (“steam boat”)
• lester-bargesi (“hovercraft”)
• lester-gwari (“yacht”)
• lester-sedhi (“submarine”)
• lestra (“board, embark”, verb)
• lestrier (“dresser”)
• lestriva (“dockyard”)
• lestryn (“container”)
• mes a'n lester (“overboard”)

Verb

lester

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of lestra
2. second-person singular imperative of lestra

Etymology 2

From les (“width”) +‎ -ter.

Noun

lester m

1. width

French

Etymology

From lest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛs.te/

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Verb

lester

1. (transitive) to ballast

   Antonym: délester

Conjugation

Conjugation of lester (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lester
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lestant /lɛs.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lesté /lɛs.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	leste /lɛst/	lestes /lɛst/	leste /lɛst/	lestons /lɛs.tɔ̃/	lestez /lɛs.te/	lestent /lɛst/
	imperfect	lestais /lɛs.tɛ/	lestais /lɛs.tɛ/	lestait /lɛs.tɛ/	lestions /lɛs.tjɔ̃/	lestiez /lɛs.tje/	lestaient /lɛs.tɛ/
	past historic2	lestai /lɛs.te/	lestas /lɛs.ta/	lesta /lɛs.ta/	lestâmes /lɛs.tam/	lestâtes /lɛs.tat/	lestèrent /lɛs.tɛʁ/
	future	lesterai /lɛs.tə.ʁe/	lesteras /lɛs.tə.ʁa/	lestera /lɛs.tə.ʁa/	lesterons /lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/	lesterez /lɛs.tə.ʁe/	lesteront /lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lesterais /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	lesterais /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	lesterait /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/	lesterions /lɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	lesteriez /lɛs.tə.ʁje/	lesteraient /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	leste /lɛst/	lestes /lɛst/	leste /lɛst/	lestions /lɛs.tjɔ̃/	lestiez /lɛs.tje/	lestent /lɛst/
	imperfect2	lestasse /lɛs.tas/	lestasses /lɛs.tas/	lestât /lɛs.ta/	lestassions /lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/	lestassiez /lɛs.ta.sje/	lestassent /lɛs.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	leste /lɛst/	—	lestons /lɛs.tɔ̃/	lestez /lɛs.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lestr. Cognate with Icelandic lestur.

Noun

lester m (definite singular lesteren, indefinite plural lestrar, definite plural lestrane)

1. reading
2. (ecclesiastical) lection

References

• “lester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• steler

Old Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *llestr, from Proto-Celtic *lexstrom (“pot”).

Noun

lester

1. ship, boat
   • c. 1200, Latin-Old Cornish Glossary in British Library MS Cotton Vespasian A XIV, folio 7 verso:

     Nauis⹎ lester.

     Ship. — ship.

Descendants

• Middle Cornish: lester
  • Cornish: lester