different between ees vs lees

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?z/
• Homophone: ease

Noun

ees

1. (rare) plural of e, the name of the letter E.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.

Verb

ees

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of is

Etymology 3

Noun

ees

1. plural of ee

Anagrams

• -ese, ESE, Ese, ese, see

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ede. Cognates include Finnish esi- and Hungarian el?tt.

Postposition

ees

1. before, in front of

Derived terms

• ees-
• ette
• eest

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?s/, [?e??s?]
• Rhymes: -e?s
• Syllabification: ees

Adverb

ees

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of edes.

See also

• ees-
• taas

English

Etymology 1

Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligy?, *legy? (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legy? (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *leg?- (“to lie”).

Noun

lees pl (plural only)

1. The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.

Synonyms

• (sediment): dregs

Related terms

• lie

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

lees

1. plural of lee

Anagrams

• EELS, ELEs, Else, Slee, eels, else, lese, seel, sele

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lezen, from Middle Dutch l?sen (“to collect, gather, read”), from Old Dutch lesan (“to gather, read”), from Proto-Germanic *lesan? (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??s/

Verb

lees (present lees, present participle lesende, past participle gelees)

1. to read

Related terms

• leser

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Verb

lees

1. first-person singular present indicative of lezen
2. imperative of lezen

Anagrams

• slee

Luxembourgish

Verb

lees

1. second-person singular present indicative of leeën

North Frisian

Etymology

In sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.

Verb

lees

1. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to read
2. (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to load

Conjugation

Spanish

Verb

lees

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of leer.