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Lester
Lester
See also: lester
English
Proper noun
Lester
- A surname derived from the English place name Leicester.
- A male given name, transferred from the surname since the nineteenth century.
- A town in Alabama.
- A city in Iowa.
- A ghost town in Washington.
- A town in West Virginia.
Anagrams
lester
lester
See also: Lester
French
Verb
lester
- to ballast
Conjugation
Conjugation of lester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | lester | avoir lesté | |||||
| gerund | en lestant | en ayant lesté | |||||
| present participle | lestant /lɛs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lesté /lɛs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | leste /lɛst/ |
lestes /lɛst/ |
leste /lɛst/ |
lestons /lɛs.tɔ̃/ |
lestez /lɛs.te/ |
lestent /lɛst/ |
| imperfect | lestais /lɛs.tɛ/ |
lestais /lɛs.tɛ/ |
lestait /lɛs.tɛ/ |
lestions /lɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
lestiez /lɛs.tje/ |
lestaient /lɛs.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | lestai /lɛs.te/ |
lestas /lɛs.ta/ |
lesta /lɛs.ta/ |
lestâmes /lɛs.tam/ |
lestâtes /lɛs.tat/ |
lestèrent /lɛs.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | lesterai /lɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
lesteras /lɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
lestera /lɛs.tə.ʁa/ |
lesterons /lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
lesterez /lɛs.tə.ʁe/ |
lesteront /lɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | lesterais /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
lesterais /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
lesterait /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
lesterions /lɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lesteriez /lɛs.tə.ʁje/ |
lesteraient /lɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | leste /lɛst/ |
lestes /lɛst/ |
leste /lɛst/ |
lestions /lɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
lestiez /lɛs.tje/ |
lestent /lɛst/ |
| imperfect1 |
lestasse /lɛs.tas/ |
lestasses /lɛs.tas/ |
lestât /lɛs.ta/ |
lestassions /lɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
lestassiez /lɛs.ta.sje/ |
lestassent /lɛs.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | leste /lɛst/ |
— | lestons /lɛs.tɔ̃/ |
lestez /lɛs.te/ |
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