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les
English
Alternative forms
- lez
Pronunciation
- (UK, US), IPA(key): /l?z/
- Rhymes: -?z
Noun
les (plural leses)
- (slang, colloquial) Clipping of lesbian.
Adjective
les (comparative more les, superlative most les)
- (slang, colloquial) Clipping of lesbian.
Anagrams
- ELs, ESL, LSE, SLE, els
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch les (“lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin l?cti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?s/
Noun
les (plural lesse, diminutive lesje)
- lesson
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin ille (“that one”).
Pronoun
les
- them (indirect object)
Synonyms
- lis
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin illas.
Article
les f pl (masculine sg el, feminine sg la, neuter sg lo, masculine plural los)
- (definite) the
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Latin ill?s, from ille.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /l?s/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /les/
- Rhymes: -es
Article
les f pl (masculine plural els, masculine singular el, feminine singular la)
- the; feminine plural definite article
Pronoun
les (enclitic and proclitic)
- them (feminine, direct object)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin laesus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?l?s/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?l?s/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?les/
Adjective
les (feminine lesa, masculine plural lesos, feminine plural leses)
- (law) harmed
Derived terms
- crim de lesa humanitat
Related terms
- il·lès
Further reading
- “les” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech les, from Proto-Slavic *l?s?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?s]
- Hyphenation: les
- Rhymes: -?s
- Homophone: lez
Noun
les m inan
- forest
Declension
Synonyms
- hvozd
Related terms
- lesní
- lesník
- jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá
Further reading
- les in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- les in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Noun
les c
- indefinite genitive singular of le
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin l?cti?.
Noun
les f (plural lessen, diminutive lesje n)
- course, lesson
Derived terms
- gymles
- gymnastiekles
- lesgeven
- lesplan
- lesrooster
- lessen
- paardrijles
- rijles
- zangles
- zwemles
Descendants
- Afrikaans: les
- ? Indonesian: les
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
les
- first-person singular present indicative of lessen
- imperative of lessen
Anagrams
- els
French
Etymology
From Middle French les, from Old French les, from Latin ill?s m and ill?s f which are the accusative plurals of ille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le/
- Homophones: lé, lés
Article
les
- plural of le: the
- plural of la: the
Usage notes
- de les is never used: contracted into des.
- à les is never used: contracted into aux.
Pronoun
les ?
- plural of le: them
- plural of la: them
Related terms
References
Further reading
- “les” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- sel
Galician
Verb
les
- second-person singular present indicative of ler
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?s/
Verb
les
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of lesen
- (colloquial) singular imperative of lesen
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *lä?? (“hiding place; lurk”). Cognates include Southern Mansi [script needed] (l?š-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (l??-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l??]
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
les (plural lesek)
- cover, hideaway, ambush (the place where one is concealed, in wait to attack by surprise, or the act of concealing oneself there)
- Synonyms: lesállás, leshely
- Hypernyms: búvóhely, rejtekhely, (hiding place in general) rejtek
- (hunting) hide, blind
- (soccer) offside
- Synonyms: lesállás, leshelyzet
Declension
Verb
les
- (transitive) to spy, peep, peek
- (transitive) to stare, goggle, eye
- (transitive) to cheat at a test by looking at someone else's work
Conjugation
Derived terms
(With verbal prefixes):
References
Further reading
- (ambush): les in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
- (to spy): les in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
les n (genitive singular less, nominative plural les)
- (linguistics) lexeme (set of inflected forms taken by a single word)
- (computing) lexeme (individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis)
Declension
Synonyms
- (lexeme): flettiorð
Derived terms
- lesgreining
- lesgreinir
See also
- tóki
Verb
les
- first-person singular of lesa (“to read”)
- Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.
- I read a lot of German books.
- Ég les mikið af þýskum bókum.
- third-person singular of lesa (“to read”)
- Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.
- Pálmi always reads the same story, even though he has many books.
- Pálmi les alltaf sömu söguna, þótt hann eigi margar bækur.
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin l?cti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?s]
- Hyphenation: lès
Noun
lès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
- (education, colloquial) cram school, private tuition.
Verb
lès
- (education, colloquial) to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school.
Etymology 2
From Dutch lis (“reed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l?s]
- Hyphenation: lès
Noun
lès (first-person possessive lesku, second-person possessive lesmu, third-person possessive lesnya)
- rein.
Further reading
- “les” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Pronoun
les
- (dative) to them
Usage notes
- Precedes conjugated verbs.
- Can be of mixed gender (not just masculine).
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin illas.
Article
les f (plural)
- the
See also
- l
- la, l'
- i
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lese, lees, leas, leasse
Etymology
From Old English l?as (“false, void, loose”).
Cognate with Middle High German l?s (“loose”), Old Swedish lø?s (“loose”); a doublet of loos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??s/
Adjective
les
- false; lying; deceptive
Noun
les (uncountable)
- falsehood; a lie
Middle French
Etymology
from Old French les, from Latin ill?s m and ill?s f
Article
les m pl or f pl (masculine singular le, feminine singular la)
- the
Descendants
- French: les
Norman
Pronunciation
Article
les pl (singular lé, and la)
- Alternative form of l's
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
les
- imperative of lese
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
les
- present tense of lesa
- imperative of lesa
Old Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *l?s?.
Noun
les m
- forest
- Synonym: hvozd
Declension
Descendants
- Czech: les
Further reading
- “les”, in Vokabulá? webový: webové hnízdo pramen? k poznání historické ?eštiny [online]?[2], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk ?eský AV ?R, 2006–2020
Old French
Etymology
From Latin illas and illos.
Article
les
- the (feminine plural oblique definite article)
- the (feminine plural nominative definite article)
- the (masculine plural oblique definite article)
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle French: les
- French: les
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?es?/
Pronoun
les
- third-person singular masculine of la
Rohingya
Etymology
From Bengali.
Noun
les
- tail
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lê?s/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *l?s? (“tree, forest”).
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian) lij?s
Noun
l?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- coffin
- (regionally) lumber
- (regionally) forest, woods
Declension
Etymology 2
From German Löss.
Noun
l?s m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (geology) loess
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *l?s?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?s/
Noun
les m (genitive singular lesa, nominative plural lesy, genitive plural lesov, declension pattern of dub)
- forest
Declension
Further reading
- les in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *l?s?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lé?s/
Noun
l??s m inan
- wood
Inflection
Further reading
- “les”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?les/, [?les]
Etymology 1
From Latin ill?s, dative plural of ille.
Pronoun
les
- dative of ellos and ellas; to them, for them
- dative of ustedes; to you all, for you all (formal)
See also
Etymology 2
Gender-neutral e replaces the gendered endings/elements a and o.
Article
les m pl or f pl
- (gender-neutral, neologism) the
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English lazy.
Adjective
les
- lazy
- tired, fed up
Verb
les
- be lazy
- be tired, be fed up
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /le?s/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English lace.
Noun
les f (plural lesau, not mutable)
- lace (light fabric patterned with holes)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English lease.
Noun
les f (plural lesoedd, not mutable)
- lease
Derived terms
- lesddeiliad (“leaseholder”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “les”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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res
Translingual
Alternative forms
- Res
Symbol
res
- (mathematical analysis) residue
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??z/ (noun, verb)
- Rhymes: -?z
- IPA(key): /?e?z/ (noun form)
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: raise, rase, rays, raze, rehs, réis
Noun
res
- plural of re
Noun
res (plural reses)
- (Canada, US, informal) Clipping of reservation.
- Synonym: (Indian reserve or reservation) rez
- (Canada, South Africa) Clipping of residence.
- (computing) Clipping of resolution (of a computer display or image).
- Coordinate term: hi-res
- Clipping of reservoir (from computer water cooling).
- (role-playing games) Clipping of resurrection.
Verb
res (third-person singular simple present reses, present participle ressing, simple past and past participle ressed)
- (role-playing games) short form of resurrect
Anagrams
- -ers, ERS, ERs, ESR, RSE, SER, SRE, ers, ser, ser.
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?r?s/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?r?s/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?res/
- Rhymes: -es
Etymology 1
From Latin r?s (“thing”). Compare French rien.
Pronoun
res
- nothing
- (in negative sentences) anything
Alternative forms
- re
- rès (obsolete)
Derived terms
- de res
- no-res
Etymology 2
Noun
res
- plural of re
Further reading
- “res” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “res” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “res” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “res” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin r?s (“thing”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?res/
Noun
res f (plural reses)
- head of quadrupedal cattle or game
- flock, herd; cattle
- 1355, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 168:
- os quaes me pagastes en dineiros et en res
- which you paid me in money and in cattle
- os quaes me pagastes en dineiros et en res
- 1355, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 168:
Pronoun
res
- (rare or dated) nothing (in negative sentences)
- Synonym: nada
Related terms
- ren
- rexelo
Etymology 2
Plural of re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?res/
Noun
res m pl
- plural of re
Etymology 3
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese r?es (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin r?nes (“kidneys”). Cognate with Template:kw.
Alternative forms
- rens
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?res/
Noun
res m pl
- small of the back
- 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 191:
- reerás primeiramente os lombos ou as r?es do cavalo
- you will first shave the horse's back and the smalls of the back
- reerás primeiramente os lombos ou as r?es do cavalo
- Synonyms: cadrís, lombo
- 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 191:
Derived terms
- derrear
Related terms
- ril
References
- “re_es” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “r?es” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “res” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “res” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “res” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin
Etymology
For the expected *r?s, remodelled on a new oblique stem *r?j-, from Proto-Italic *reis, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?ís (“wealth, goods”).
Cognate to Old Persian [Term?] (/r?y-/, “paradise, wealth”), Avestan ????????????-? (r?y-, “paradise, wealth”), Sanskrit ?? (raí, “property. wealth”), ??? (rayí, “stuff, material, property, goods”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re?s/, [re?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /res/, [r?s]
Noun
r?s f (genitive re?); fifth declension
- thing, object, stuff
- matter, issue, subject, topic
- a. 149 BC, Cato the Elder (attributed quote)
- a. 149 BC, Cato the Elder (attributed quote)
- affair, event
- story, history
- state, republic, commonwealth
- c. early 5th century AD, attributed to Ennius by Augustinus in De Civitate Dei; Book II, Chapter XXI
- c. early 5th century AD, attributed to Ennius by Augustinus in De Civitate Dei; Book II, Chapter XXI
- deed
- circumstances
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- re?pse
- reus
- r?cula/r?scula
- rem ac? tetigist?
- r?s, n?n verba (“deeds, not words”)
- re?lis
- r?s adi?dic?ta
- r?s pr?v?ta
- r?s p?blica/r?sp?blica
- r?s i?dic?ta
- in medi?s r?s
Descendants
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “r?s”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 100, page 287
Further reading
- res in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- res in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- res in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- res in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- res in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- res in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- res in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?res/, [?res]
Etymology 1
From Latin r?s (“thing”).
Noun
res f (plural reses)
- head of quadrupedal cattle or game
- (Latin America) bovine animal
Derived terms
- pancita de res
- resero
Etymology 2
Plural of re.
Noun
res m pl
- plural of re
Further reading
- “res” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Verb
res
- imperative of resa
Anagrams
- ers, ser
Westrobothnian
Etymology
cf Old Norse hreistr, Norwegian reist
Noun
res n or m
- guts; offal, scales of fish
Related terms
- fiskres
- rees
- rest
Wolof
Noun
res (definite form res wi)
- liver
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