leste

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === leste inflection of lest: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive === Verb === leste inflection of lessen: singular past indicative (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɛst/ Homophones: lestent, lestes Rhymes: -ɛst === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian lesto. ==== Adjective ==== leste (plural lestes) agile; nimble ===== Derived terms ===== avoir la main leste lestement === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== leste inflection of lester: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “leste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From French l'est, from Old English ēast. ==== Alternative forms ==== E L ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlɛste/ [ˈlɛs̺.t̪ɪ] Rhymes: -ɛste Hyphenation: les‧te ==== Noun ==== leste m (plural lestes) (uncountable) east (cardinal direction) (uncountable) the eastern portion of a territory or region (countable) an eastern; a wind blowing from the east ===== Synonyms ===== (east): levante, nacente, oriente, raiante (eastern portion): oriente (eastern wind): levante ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “east”): occidente, oeste, poñente ===== Coordinate terms ===== norte occidente sur ===== Derived terms ===== norleste surleste Timor Leste === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈleste/ [ˈles̺.t̪ɪ] Rhymes: -este Hyphenation: les‧te ==== Verb ==== leste (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular preterite indicative of ler === Further reading === “leste”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “leste”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leste”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leste”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “leste”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “leste”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Hungarian == === Etymology === les +‎ -te === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃtɛ] Hyphenation: les‧te === Verb === leste 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. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛs.te/ Rhymes: -ɛste Hyphenation: lè‧ste === Adjective === leste feminine plural of lesto === Anagrams === stele == Middle English == === Adjective === leste last; final 14th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale The brighte swerdes wenten to and froSo hidously þat with þe leste strookThat it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Adjective === leste m or f (Jersey) nimble == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === leste simple past of lese === Anagrams === eltes, eslet, etles, -elset, letes, selet, selte, stele == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French l'est (“the east”), from le, l' (“the”) + est (“east”), from Old English ēast (“east”), from Proto-West Germanic *austr. Distant cognate to austro, via Latin. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: les‧te ==== Noun ==== leste m (plural lestes) east (compass point) Synonyms: este, lés ===== Coordinate terms ===== compass points: pontos cardeais: [edit] === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: les‧te ==== Verb ==== leste second-person singular preterite indicative of ler ===== Alternative forms ===== lêste (obsolete) === References ===