different between laisse vs lisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French laisse. Doublet of leash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?s/
• Homophone: lace

Noun

laisse (plural laisses)

1. A section of verse concerning a single theme; tirade.

Anagrams

• Alesis, Alessi, Elissa, Lassie, aisles, lassie, sailes, slaies

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?s/

Noun

laisse f (plural laisses)

1. leash, lead
2. foreshore
3. (poetry) laisse

Verb

laisse

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• asiles
• liasse

English

Etymology 1

From Old English l?ssian.

Verb

lisse (third-person singular simple present lisses, present participle lissing, simple past and past participle lissed)

1. (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
   • Late 14th century: And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare / In hope for to been lissed of his care. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

Etymology 2

French lisse, from Latin licium.

Noun

lisse (countable and uncountable, plural lisses)

1. A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.
2. In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

Anagrams

• isles, siles, sisel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/
• Homophones: lice, lices, lis, lissent, lisses, lys

Etymology 1

Probably from lisser.

Adjective

lisse (plural lisses)

1. smooth

Noun

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. stringer (horizontal timber that supports upright posts or the hull of a vessel)

Etymology 2

Verb

lisse

1. inflection of lisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• isles, lises, siles

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lissa

Etymology

Through German from Latin licium. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

lisse f (definite singular lissa, indefinite plural lisser, definite plural lissene)

1. a lace

Verb

lisse (present tense lissar, past tense lissa, past participle lissa, passive infinitive lissast, present participle lissande, imperative liss)

1. (transitive) to lace

References

• “lisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lisse, sisel, sisle, sleis

Tarantino

Adjective

lisse

1. smooth

Walloon

Etymology 1

Adjective

lisse (masculine and feminine, plural lisses)

1. smooth

   Synonym: doûs

Etymology 2

Noun

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. list

   Synonym: djivêye