different between lesse vs lessie

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

English

Noun

lessie (plural lessies)

1. Alternative form of lezzie

Anagrams

• Eisels