different between lene vs lese

English

Noun

lene (plural lenes)

1. (phonetics) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
2. (phonetics) Any of the lene consonants, such as Greek pi, kappa, tau.

Anagrams

• Leen, Neel, elne

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?n?

Verb

lene

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lenen

Anagrams

• leen

Galician

Etymology

From Latin l?nis, in substitution of the inherited form len (attested 13th century) which is preserved in the adverbial phrase ao len (“out in the open”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?ne?/

Adjective

lene m or f (plural lenes)

1. (literary) mild, gentle, soft
   • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 280:

     Madre, sabes tu que Esau, meu yrmão he veloso et eu nõ, mays som lem, et se meu padre me apalpar et souber que sóóm eu, medo ey que coyde queo quis [excarnesçer], et em lugar de bendiçõ ey medo que me maldiga.

     Mother, you know that Esau, my brother, is hairy, but not me, I'm hairless; and if my father would touch me and find that it's me, I fear that he would think that I was mocking him, and instead of his blessing I would have his curse

   Synonyms: maino, suave

References

• “lem” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lene” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lene” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lene” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin l?nis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.ne/
• Rhymes: -?ne
• Hyphenation: lè?ne

Adjective

lene (plural leni) (literary)

1. mild, gentle, soft

   Synonyms: delicato, lieve, mite, soave

   Antonyms: aspro, brusco, forte, greve, pesante

2. (poetic) smooth
3. (phonetics) lenis

Derived terms

• lenemente

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le.ne/
• Rhymes: -ene
• Hyphenation: lé?ne

Noun

lene f pl

1. plural of lena

Latin

Etymology 1

From l?nis.

Adverb

l?ne (comparative l?nius, superlative l?nissim?)

1. softly, gently

   Synonym: l?niter

Related terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

l?ne

1. nominative singular neuter of l?nis
2. vocative singular neuter of l?nis
3. accusative singular neuter of l?nis

References

• lene in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lene in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German lehnen

Verb

lene (imperative len, present tense lener, passive lenes, simple past lenet or lente, past participle lenet or lent, present participle lenende)

1. to lean

Derived terms

• armlene (of noun)

References

• “lene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lena

Etymology

From German lehnen

Verb

lene

1. to lean

Derived terms

• armlene (of noun)

References

• “lene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin l?nis, l?nem. (The expected native form would be *lem from Old Portuguese l?e.)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?le.ni/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?le.n?/
• Hyphenation: le?ne

Adjective

lene m or f (plural lenes, comparable)

1. smooth, mild, gentle, soft

   Synonyms: brando, suave

Related terms

• leniente
• leniência

Romanian

Etymology

From Slavic *l?n?. Compare Serbo-Croatian lijén?st, Russian ???? (len?), Polish le?. Cf also Aromanian leani.

Noun

lene f (uncountable)

1. laziness, sloth, idleness, indolence

   Synonyms: indolen??, trând?vie, lâncezeal?, del?sare

Derived terms

Swedish

Adjective

lene

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of len.

Anagrams

• elen

English

Etymology

From Middle English lesen, leosen, from Old English *l?osan (found in bel?osan, forl?osan, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *leusan? (“to lose”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (“to cut; sever; loose; lose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?z/

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• EELS, ELEs, Else, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, lees, seel, sele

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?s?]
• Rhymes: -?s?
• Hyphenation: le?se

Noun

lese

1. vocative singular of les
2. locative singular of les

Estonian

Noun

lese

1. genitive singular of lesk

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lese?/, [?le?s?e?(?)]
• Rhymes: -ese
• Syllabification: le?se

Etymology 1

lestä +? -e

Noun

lese

1. (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)

Usage notes

When it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

lese

1. Indicative present connegative form of lestä.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of lestä.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of lestä.

Galician

Verb

lese

1. first-person singular preterite subjunctive of ler
2. third-person singular preterite subjunctive of ler

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?z?/

Verb

lese

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

Hungarian

Etymology

les +? -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l???]
• Hyphenation: le?se

Noun

lese

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

Declension

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?s?/

Verb

lese

1. to read

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eze

Verb

lese f pl

1. feminine plural of leso

Adjective

lese

1. feminine plural of leso

Anagrams

• else

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa

Verb

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

1. to read

Derived terms

References

• “lese” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Participle

lese

1. neuter of lesen

Verb

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

1. alternative form of lesa

Derived terms

References

• “lese” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Else, -else, esel, esle, sele

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease.

Verb

lese

1. to read
2. to pick up

Conjugation

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin leg?.

Verb

lese

1. to read

Portuguese

Verb

lese

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lesar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of lesar
3. first-person singular imperative of lesar
4. third-person singular imperative of lesar