leste

leste

See also: lesté

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

leste

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of lessen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛst/

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• Homophones: lestent, lestes
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

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 quote)

Derived terms

• avoir la main leste
• lestement

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.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• E
• L

Etymology

From French l'est, from 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

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• (east): occidente, oeste, poñente

Coordinate terms

• norte
• occidente
• sur

Derived terms

• norleste
• surleste
• Timor Leste

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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.

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Italian

Adjective

leste f

1. feminine plural of lesto

Anagrams

• stele

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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

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leste

1. simple past of lese

Anagrams

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

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French l'est (“the east”).[1][2]

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.t(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: les‧te

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

1. east (compass point)

   Synonyms: este, lés

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) ponto cardeal;

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.t(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: les‧te

Verb

leste

1. second-person singular preterite indicative of ler

Alternative forms

• lêste (obsolete)

References

1. “leste” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “leste” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.