See also: leśe, lèse, lèsè, lésé, lëse, lěśe, and -lese

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English lesen, leosen, from Old English *lēosan (found in belēosan, forlēosan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (to lose), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (to cut; sever; loose; lose).

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lese (third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past lore, past participle lorn)

  1. (obsolete) To lose.
  2. (obsolete) To destroy.
  3. (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.

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Czech

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Noun

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lese

  1. vocative/locative singular of les

Estonian

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Noun

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lese

  1. genitive singular of lesk

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleseˣ/, [ˈle̞s̠e̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ese
  • Hyphenation(key): le‧se

Etymology 1

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lestä +‎ -e

Noun

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lese

  1. (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)
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When it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.

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Inflection of lese (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative lese leseet
genitive leseen leseiden
leseitten
partitive lesettä leseitä
illative leseeseen leseisiin
leseihin
singular plural
nominative lese leseet
accusative nom. lese leseet
gen. leseen
genitive leseen leseiden
leseitten
partitive lesettä leseitä
inessive leseessä leseissä
elative leseestä leseistä
illative leseeseen leseisiin
leseihin
adessive leseellä leseillä
ablative leseeltä leseiltä
allative leseelle leseille
essive leseenä leseinä
translative leseeksi leseiksi
abessive leseettä leseittä
instructive lesein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lese (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leseeni leseeni
accusative nom. leseeni leseeni
gen. leseeni
genitive leseeni leseideni
leseitteni
partitive lesettäni leseitäni
inessive leseessäni leseissäni
elative leseestäni leseistäni
illative leseeseeni leseisiini
leseihini
adessive leseelläni leseilläni
ablative leseeltäni leseiltäni
allative leseelleni leseilleni
essive leseenäni leseinäni
translative leseekseni leseikseni
abessive leseettäni leseittäni
instructive
comitative leseineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leseesi leseesi
accusative nom. leseesi leseesi
gen. leseesi
genitive leseesi leseidesi
leseittesi
partitive lesettäsi leseitäsi
inessive leseessäsi leseissäsi
elative leseestäsi leseistäsi
illative leseeseesi leseisiisi
leseihisi
adessive leseelläsi leseilläsi
ablative leseeltäsi leseiltäsi
allative leseellesi leseillesi
essive leseenäsi leseinäsi
translative leseeksesi leseiksesi
abessive leseettäsi leseittäsi
instructive
comitative leseinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leseemme leseemme
accusative nom. leseemme leseemme
gen. leseemme
genitive leseemme leseidemme
leseittemme
partitive lesettämme leseitämme
inessive leseessämme leseissämme
elative leseestämme leseistämme
illative leseeseemme leseisiimme
leseihimme
adessive leseellämme leseillämme
ablative leseeltämme leseiltämme
allative leseellemme leseillemme
essive leseenämme leseinämme
translative leseeksemme leseiksemme
abessive leseettämme leseittämme
instructive
comitative leseinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leseenne leseenne
accusative nom. leseenne leseenne
gen. leseenne
genitive leseenne leseidenne
leseittenne
partitive lesettänne leseitänne
inessive leseessänne leseissänne
elative leseestänne leseistänne
illative leseeseenne leseisiinne
leseihinne
adessive leseellänne leseillänne
ablative leseeltänne leseiltänne
allative leseellenne leseillenne
essive leseenänne leseinänne
translative leseeksenne leseiksenne
abessive leseettänne leseittänne
instructive
comitative leseinenne
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compounds

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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lese

  1. inflection of lestä:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Galician

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lese

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler

German

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lese

  1. inflection of lesen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Hungarian

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Etymology

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les +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛʃɛ]
  • Hyphenation: le‧se

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lese

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of les

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lese
accusative lesét
dative lesének
instrumental lesével
causal-final leséért
translative lesévé
terminative leséig
essive-formal leseként
essive-modal leséül
inessive lesében
superessive lesén
adessive lesénél
illative lesébe
sublative lesére
allative leséhez
elative leséből
delative leséről
ablative lesétől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
leséé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lesééi

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Etymology

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From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (to gather), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (to gather).

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lese

  1. to read
    Ich lese gern.
    I like to read.
    Sie lesd en Buch.
    She reads a book.
    Das is net so geles.
    This is not read like that.

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Italian

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lese f pl

  1. feminine plural of leso

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lese f pl

  1. feminine plural of leso

References

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  1. ^ leso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa.

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lese (imperative les, present tense leser, simple past leste, past participle lest)

  1. to read
    Hva leser du?
    What are you reading?

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

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lese (present tense les, past tense las, supine lese, past participle lesen, present participle lesande, imperative les)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to read
    Har du lese boka?
    Have you read the book?
  2. (transitive or intransitive) to read aloud
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to study
    • 1883, Arne Garborg, Bondestudentar, Bergen: Nygaard, page 40:
      So vart han utspurd um, kva han hadde leset.
      Then he was examined, about what he had studied.
  4. (transitive or intransitive) to tutor, teach

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  • lesa (a- and split infinitives)

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Participle

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lese

  1. neuter singular of lesen

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lese f (definite singular lesa, indefinite plural leser, definite plural lesene)

  1. an inscription

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  • “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “lesa”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “lese”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016

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Old English

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  • IPA(key): /ˈle.se/, [ˈle.ze]

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lese

  1. inflection of lesan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

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lese

  1. to read
  2. to pick up

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Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin legō.

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lese

  1. to read

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lese

  1. inflection of lesar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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