different between lese vs lense

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

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-