leste

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leste

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of lessen

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• Homophones: lestent, lestes

leste (plural lestes)

1. agile; nimble

• lestement

leste

1. first-person singular present indicative of lester
2. third-person singular present indicative of lester
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lester
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lester
5. second-person singular imperative of lester

• “leste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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From French l'est, from Old English ēast.

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

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

• (east): occidente, oeste, poñente

• norte
• occidente
• sur

• norleste
• surleste
• Timor Leste

leste f

1. feminine plural of lesto

• stele

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

leste m or f

1. (Jersey) nimble

leste

1. simple past of lese

Borrowed from French l'est (“the east”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛs.t͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛʃ.tɨ/

leste m (plural lestes)

1. east (compass point)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈles.t͡ʃi/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈleʃ.tɨ/

leste

1. second-person singular (tu) preterite indicative of ler

• lêste (obsolete)