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lees
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)
- 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
- 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)
- to read
Related terms
- leser
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Verb
lees
- first-person singular present indicative of lezen
- imperative of lezen
Anagrams
- slee
Luxembourgish
Verb
lees
- second-person singular present indicative of leeën
North Frisian
Etymology
In sense 1 from Old Frisian lesa.
Verb
lees
- (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to read
- (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to load
Conjugation
Spanish
Verb
lees
- Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of leer.
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gees
English
Noun
gees
- plural of gee
Verb
gees
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gee
Anagrams
- EEGs
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch geest, from Middle Dutch gêest, from Old Dutch g?st, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *??eysd-, *??isd- (“anger, agitation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????s/
Noun
gees (plural geeste)
- (countable) mind, spirit
- (uncountable) mindset
- (countable) spirit, ghost
Luxembourgish
Verb
gees
- second-person singular present indicative of goen
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *?aas-
Noun
gees ?
- horn
References
- “gees” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.
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