different between lese vs lease

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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /li?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-Germanic *lesan? (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”).

Cognate with Scots lease (“to arrange, gather”), Saterland Frisian leese (“to gather, read”), West Frisian lêze (“to read”), Dutch lezen (“to gather, read”), German lesen (“to gather, read”), Danish læse (“to collect, read”).

Verb

lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased) (chiefly dialectal)

1. (transitive) To gather.
2. (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
3. (transitive) To glean.
4. (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lease.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lesen, from Old English l?asian (“to lie, tell lies”), from l?as (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).

Verb

lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)

1. (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.

Derived terms

• leasing

Etymology 3

From Middle English lese, from Old English l?s (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *l?sw? (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?y-, *l?yd- (“to leave, let”). Cognate with Old Saxon l?sa (“meadow”). See also leasow.

Alternative forms

• leaze

Noun

lease (plural leases)

1. An open pasture or common.
   • 1928, Thomas Hardy, He Never Expected Much:

     Since as a child I used to lie

     Upon the leaze and watch the sky,

     Never, I own, expected I

     That life would all be fair.

Etymology 4

From Middle English lesen, from Old English l?esan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijan? (“to release, loosen”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, solve, separate”). Cognate with Dutch lozen (“to drain, discharge”), German lösen (“to release”), Swedish lösa (“to solve”), Icelandic leysa (“to solve”).

Alternative forms

• leese (Scotland)

Verb

lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.

Etymology 5

From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin lax? (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German l?zan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen). Cognate with Old English l?tan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”). More at let.

Verb

lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)

1. (transitive) To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
2. (transitive) To take or hold by lease.
3. (intransitive) To grant a lease; to let or rent.

Derived terms

• re-lease

Translations

Noun

lease (plural leases)

1. A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
2. The period of such a contract.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18:

     Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

     And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

3. A leasehold.

Derived terms

• off-lease

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: leasen
• ? English: leasing
  • ? Spanish: leasing
  • ? Finnish: leasing
  • ? Polish: leasing
  • ? Swedish: leasing

Related terms

• lessor, lessee

Etymology 6

From leash.

Noun

lease (plural leases)

1. The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.

Anagrams

• Elsea, Seale, eales, easel, easle, seale

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?s/, /lis/
• Hyphenation: lease
• Homophone: lies

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English lease.

Noun

lease f (plural leases, diminutive leaseje n)

1. lease

   Synonym: pacht

Derived terms

• leaseauto
• leasewagen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lease

1. first-person singular present indicative of leasen
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of leasen
3. imperative of leasen

Middle English

Adjective

lease

1. Alternative form of les

Noun

lease

1. Alternative form of les