See lesse on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for lesse meaning in All languages combined (8.1kB)
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "lesse (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "less"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Archaic form of less."
],
"id": "en-lesse-en-adv-9hYGlVqN",
"links": [
[
"less",
"less#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"archaic",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"2": "goh",
"3": "lesan"
},
"expansion": "Old High German lesan",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old High German lesan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "liss",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lisst",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "less",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lesst",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tense los",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "jelesse",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gelesse",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"10": "lesst",
"11": "past tense",
"12": "los",
"13": "past participle",
"14": "jelesse",
"15": "or",
"16": "gelesse",
"2": "verb",
"3": "third-person singular present",
"4": "liss",
"5": "or",
"6": "lisst",
"7": "or",
"8": "less",
"9": "or"
},
"expansion": "lesse (third-person singular present liss or lisst or less or lesst, past tense los, past participle jelesse or gelesse)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Moselle Franconian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ripuarian Franconian",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Can't you read? It's written right there.",
"text": "Kanns de net lesse? Do steht et doch jeschrevve.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to read"
],
"id": "en-lesse-gmw-cfr-verb-OQnC8LFq",
"links": [
[
"read",
"read"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to read"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "läse"
},
{
"tags": [
"Moselle-Franconian",
"Western"
],
"word": "lease"
}
],
"tags": [
"Eastern",
"Moselle-Franconian",
"Ripuarian"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛzə/"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lessen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"singular present subjunctive of lessen"
],
"id": "en-lesse-nl-verb-BcZCzmC6",
"links": [
[
"lessen",
"lessen#Dutch"
]
],
"qualifier": "dated or formal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lessen"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ler"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler"
],
"id": "en-lesse-gl-verb-oPYa8m47",
"links": [
[
"ler",
"ler#Galician"
]
],
"qualifier": "reintegrationist norm",
"raw_glosses": [
"(reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler"
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "les",
"3": "-je",
"nocat": "y"
},
"expansion": "les + -je",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "les + -je",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"les‧se"
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "les"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular subjunctive present definite of les"
],
"id": "en-lesse-hu-verb--yLC5hbH",
"links": [
[
"les",
"les#Hungarian"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛʃːɛ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʃɛ"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lès‧se"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "8 92",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "leggere"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular past historic of leggere"
],
"id": "en-lesse-it-verb-9PTG6bvg",
"links": [
[
"leggere",
"leggere#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"historic",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛs.se/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsse"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lés‧se"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lesso"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of lesso"
],
"id": "en-lesse-it-adj-b-2Bezym",
"links": [
[
"lesso",
"lesso#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈles.se/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-esse"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "less"
},
"expansion": "English: less",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: less"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "lhose",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: lhose, lass",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: lhose, lass"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "lǣs"
},
"expansion": "Old English lǣs",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*laisiz",
"t": "smaller, lesser, fewer, lower"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English lǣs, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adverb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "enm-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"less"
],
"id": "en-lesse-enm-adv-T907YgGi",
"links": [
[
"less",
"less"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lesce"
},
{
"word": "lasse"
},
{
"word": "leasse"
},
{
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "leas"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɛs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɛːs/"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ler"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler"
],
"id": "en-lesse-pt-verb-oPYa8m47",
"links": [
[
"ler",
"ler#Portuguese"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"2": "goh",
"3": "lesan"
},
"expansion": "Old High German lesan",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old High German lesan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "liss",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lisst",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "less",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lesst",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tense los",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "jelesse",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gelesse",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-cfr",
"10": "lesst",
"11": "past tense",
"12": "los",
"13": "past participle",
"14": "jelesse",
"15": "or",
"16": "gelesse",
"2": "verb",
"3": "third-person singular present",
"4": "liss",
"5": "or",
"6": "lisst",
"7": "or",
"8": "less",
"9": "or"
},
"expansion": "lesse (third-person singular present liss or lisst or less or lesst, past tense los, past participle jelesse or gelesse)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Central Franconian",
"lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Central Franconian entries with incorrect language header",
"Central Franconian lemmas",
"Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German",
"Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German",
"Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Central Franconian terms with usage examples",
"Central Franconian verbs",
"Moselle Franconian",
"Ripuarian Franconian"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Can't you read? It's written right there.",
"text": "Kanns de net lesse? Do steht et doch jeschrevve.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to read"
],
"links": [
[
"read",
"read"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ripuarian, eastern Moselle Franconian) to read"
],
"tags": [
"Eastern",
"Moselle-Franconian",
"Ripuarian"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛzə/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "läse"
},
{
"tags": [
"Moselle-Franconian",
"Western"
],
"word": "lease"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch non-lemma forms",
"Dutch verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lessen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"singular present subjunctive of lessen"
],
"links": [
[
"lessen",
"lessen#Dutch"
]
],
"qualifier": "dated or formal",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lessen"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "lesse (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "less"
}
],
"categories": [
"English adverbs",
"English archaic forms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English uncomparable adverbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Archaic form of less."
],
"links": [
[
"less",
"less#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"archaic",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gl",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Galician entries with incorrect language header",
"Galician non-lemma forms",
"Galician verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ler"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler"
],
"links": [
[
"ler",
"ler#Galician"
]
],
"qualifier": "reintegrationist norm",
"raw_glosses": [
"(reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler"
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "les",
"3": "-je",
"nocat": "y"
},
"expansion": "les + -je",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "les + -je",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"les‧se"
],
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hungarian entries with incorrect language header",
"Hungarian non-lemma forms",
"Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hungarian verb forms",
"Rhymes:Hungarian/ʃɛ",
"Rhymes:Hungarian/ʃɛ/2 syllables"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "les"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular subjunctive present definite of les"
],
"links": [
[
"les",
"les#Hungarian"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɛʃːɛ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʃɛ"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 2-syllable words",
"Italian adjective forms",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian verb forms",
"Rhymes:Italian/esse",
"Rhymes:Italian/esse/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛsse",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛsse/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lès‧se"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "leggere"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular past historic of leggere"
],
"links": [
[
"leggere",
"leggere#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"historic",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛs.se/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛsse"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 2-syllable words",
"Italian adjective forms",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Italian/esse",
"Rhymes:Italian/esse/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lés‧se"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lesso"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of lesso"
],
"links": [
[
"lesso",
"lesso#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈles.se/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-esse"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "less"
},
"expansion": "English: less",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: less"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "lhose",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: lhose, lass",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: lhose, lass"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "lǣs"
},
"expansion": "Old English lǣs",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*laisiz",
"t": "smaller, lesser, fewer, lower"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English lǣs, from Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adverb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "enm-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adverbs",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"less"
],
"links": [
[
"less",
"less"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɛs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/lɛːs/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lesce"
},
{
"word": "lasse"
},
{
"word": "leasse"
},
{
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "leas"
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "lesse",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese non-lemma forms",
"Portuguese verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ler"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ler"
],
"links": [
[
"ler",
"ler#Portuguese"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "lesse"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.