different between lense vs lesse

English

Noun

lense (plural lenses)

1. Misspelling of lens.
   • 1911, Motography, volume 5, issue 6, page 176:

     When a lense is described as of 4 inch focus, it means that such a lens is capable of bringing parallel rays to a point at a distance of 4 inches from the lens.

   • 2015, Steve Rutherford, How to Photograph Landscapes like a Pro ?ISBN

     Basically, a beam of light passing through a lens parallel to the optical axis converges to form a focused image on the film. Spherical aberration is the term for an optical fault caused by the spherical form of a lense that produces different […]

2. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of lens

Usage notes

• Lense is accepted as an alternative spelling by Webster's Third New International Dictionary, but proscribed as a misspelling by Garner's Modern American Usage, Paul Brians’ Common Errors in English Usage, Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English and others.

Verb

lense (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

1. Misspelling of lens.
2. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of lens

Anagrams

• Elsen, Leens, Neels, elsen, lenes, selen-

English

Adverb

lesse (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of less.

Anagrams

• Slees, leses, seels, seles

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• läse, lease (western Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German lesan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?z?/

Verb

lesse (third-person singular present liss or lisst or less or lesst, past tense los, past participle jelesse or gelesse)

1. (Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to read

Dutch

Verb

lesse

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of lessen

Hungarian

Etymology

les +? -je

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lesse

1. third-person singular subjunctive present definite of les

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -esse

Verb

lesse

1. third-person singular past historic of leggere

Adjective

lesse

1. feminine plural of lesso

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lesce, lasse
• leasse (early)

Etymology

From Old English l?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?s/, /l??s/

Adverb

lesse

1. less

Descendants

• English: less
• Yola: lhose

References

• “l??s(se, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Verb

lesse

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect subjunctive of ler
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect subjunctive of ler