different between lesse vs lisse

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

Etymology 1

From Old English l?ssian.

Verb

lisse (third-person singular simple present lisses, present participle lissing, simple past and past participle lissed)

1. (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
   • Late 14th century: And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare / In hope for to been lissed of his care. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

Etymology 2

French lisse, from Latin licium.

Noun

lisse (countable and uncountable, plural lisses)

1. A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.
2. In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

Anagrams

• isles, siles, sisel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/
• Homophones: lice, lices, lis, lissent, lisses, lys

Etymology 1

Probably from lisser.

Adjective

lisse (plural lisses)

1. smooth

Noun

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. stringer (horizontal timber that supports upright posts or the hull of a vessel)

Etymology 2

Verb

lisse

1. inflection of lisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• isles, lises, siles

Further reading

• “lisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lissa

Etymology

Through German from Latin licium. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

lisse f (definite singular lissa, indefinite plural lisser, definite plural lissene)

1. a lace

Verb

lisse (present tense lissar, past tense lissa, past participle lissa, passive infinitive lissast, present participle lissande, imperative liss)

1. (transitive) to lace

References

• “lisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lisse, sisel, sisle, sleis

Tarantino

Adjective

lisse

1. smooth

Walloon

Etymology 1

Adjective

lisse (masculine and feminine, plural lisses)

1. smooth

   Synonym: doûs

Etymology 2

Noun

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. list

   Synonym: djivêye