English

Verb

lese ‎(third-person singular simple present leses, present participle lesing, simple past and past participle lesed)

1. (obsolete) To lose.
2. (obsolete) To destroy.
3. (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.

Anagrams

• eels, else, lees, seel, sele

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ese

Noun

lese

1. (chiefly used in plural) bran (outside layer of a grain when separated from the grain)

Declension

Usage notes

When it still covers the grain, lese is called (jyvän) kuori.

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): /ˈleːzə/

Verb

lese

1. first-person singular present indicative of lesen
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of lesen
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of lesen

Italian

Verb

lese f

1. plural of leso

Adjective

lese f

1. 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

Verb

lese ‎(present tense les, past tense las, past participle lese, passive infinitive lesast, present participle lesande, imperative les)

1. Alternative form of lesa

Derived terms

• leselampe
• lesestoff
• lesing

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin legere, present active infinitive of legō.

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