fles

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch flassche, flessche, from Old Dutch *flaska, from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛs/ Hyphenation: fles Rhymes: -ɛs === Noun === fles f (plural flessen, diminutive flesje n) bottle Synonyms: bottel (dated), bouteille (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: flessis → Loup A: plas → Mahican: pnàsch → Papiamentu: flèshi, fleishi, fleshi, fleisji == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse fles, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *plē- (“to cut off, split off”), probably related to *pleh₂- (“flat”) and thus English flake. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fleːs/ === Noun === fles f (genitive singular flesjar, plural flesjar) skerry ==== Declension ==== === References === == Latin == === Verb === flēs second-person singular present active indicative of fleō == Middle English == === Noun === fles alternative form of flees == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse fles. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fleːs/ === Noun === fles f (definite singular flesa, indefinite plural fleser, definite plural flesene) a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water ==== Inflection ==== === References === “fles” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *flasjō. === Noun === fles f (genitive flesjar, plural flesjar) a small (and bare) rock reef just above the surface of the water ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Faroese: fles Norwegian Nynorsk: fles === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fles”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive