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 subjunctive of flō second-person singular present active indicative of fleō == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English flēos, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus. ==== Alternative forms ==== fleece, flees, fleese, fleesse, fleis, flese, floes ffleyse (Catholicon Anglicum); fleos, fleose, flus, vluys (Southern, West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fleːs/ IPA(key): /fløːs/, /flyːs/, /vl-/ (Southern, West Midland) ==== Noun ==== fles (plural fleses) A sheepskin or fleece; the skin of a sheep. The wool of a sheep; a sheep's coat. (rare) A measure of wool. ===== Descendants ===== English: fleece (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: fleis, fleische Scots: fleesh Yola: flaase ===== References ===== “flẹ̄s, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 November 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== flees ==== Noun ==== fles plural of fle == 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