"lesser" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛsɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlɛsə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lesser.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ) Etymology: less + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|less|er}} less + -er Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} lesser
  1. comparative form of little: more little Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: little (extra: more little) Translations (the comparative of little): ме́ншы (mjénšy) (Belarusian), pienempi (Finnish), vähäisempi (Finnish), moindre (French), weniger (German), kleiner (German), geringere (German), minore (Italian), کوچکتر (kôčaktar) (Persian), menor (Portuguese), ме́ньший (ménʹšij) (Russian), menor (Spanish), ме́нший (ménšyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lesser-en-adj-0nvDFAbm Disambiguation of 'the comparative of little': 94 6
  2. Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc. Translations (of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc): pienempi (Finnish), vähäisempi (Finnish), کوچکتر (kôčaktar) (Persian), menor (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lesser-en-adj-zFUWiCCT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of 'of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lesser adjutant, lesser anteater, Lesser Antilles, lesser ape, lesser arcana, lesser bilby, lesser black-backed gull, lesser celandine, lesser chinchilla, lesser clubmoss, lesser crested tern, lesser evil, lesser of two evils, lesser-evilism, lesser evilism, lesser evilist, lesser extent, lesser flamingo, lesser galangal, lesser goldfinch, lesser grey shrike, lesser included offence, lesser included offense, lesser jacana, lesser kestrel, lesser-known, lesser kudu, lesser mortal, lesser multangular, lesser nothura, lesser occipital nerve, lesser omentum, lesser petrosal nerve, lesser prairie chicken, lesser redpoll, lesser rhea, lesser roadrunner, lesser rorqual, lesser sac, lesser sandplover, lesser saphenous vein, lesser scaup, lesser seal script, lesser spot-nosed monkey, lesser spotted, lesser spotted eagle, lesser spotted woodpecker, Lesser Sunda Islands, lesser trochanter, lesser vestibular glands, lesser wanderer, lesser whistling duck, lesser whistling teal, lesser white-fronted goose, lesser whitethroat, lesser wing, lesser yam, to a lesser extent

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛsɚ/ [General-American], /ˈlɛsə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-lesser.ogg [US] Forms: lessers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ) Etymology: less + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|less|er}} less + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} lesser (plural lessers)
  1. a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc. Related terms: less, lesser of two evils, fewer Translations (thing that is of smaller size): pienempi (Finnish), vähäisempi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-lesser-en-noun-Bcm7hkBe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 4 42 55

Verb [Old French]

Head templates: {{head|fro|verb}} lesser Inflection templates: {{fro-conj-er|imp2sn=les}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lesser [infinitive], avoir lessé [infinitive, multiword-construction], en lessant [gerund], gerund of avoir + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction], lessant [participle, present], lessé [participle, past], les [first-person, indicative, present, singular], lesses [indicative, present, second-person, singular], lesse [indicative, present, singular, third-person], lessons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], lessez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], lessent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], lessoie [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], lesseie [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], lessoe [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], lesseve [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], lessoies [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], lesseies [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], lessoes [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], lesseves [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], lessoit [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], lesseit [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], lessot [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], lesseve [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], lessiiens [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], lessiens [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], lessiiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], lessiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], lessoient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], lesseient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], lessoent [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], lessevent [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], lessai [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], lessas [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], lessa [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], lessames [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], lessastes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], lesserent [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], lesserai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], lesseras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], lessera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], lesserons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], lesseroiz [future, indicative, plural, second-person], lessereiz [future, indicative, plural, second-person], lesserez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], lesseront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], lesseroie [conditional, first-person, singular], lessereie [conditional, first-person, singular], lesseroies [conditional, second-person, singular], lessereies [conditional, second-person, singular], lesseroit [conditional, singular, third-person], lessereit [conditional, singular, third-person], lesseriiens [conditional, first-person, plural], lesseriens [conditional, first-person, plural], lesseriiez [conditional, plural, second-person], lesseriez [conditional, plural, second-person], lesseroient [conditional, plural, third-person], lessereient [conditional, plural, third-person], present tense of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect tense of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], preterite tense of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future tense of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional tense of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], les [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], les [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], lest [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], lessons [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], lessez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], lessent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], lessasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], lessasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], lessast [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], lessissons [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], lessissiens [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], lessissoiz [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], lessissez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], lessissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], lessassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], lesse [imperative, second-person, singular], les [imperative, second-person, singular], lessons [first-person, imperative, plural], lessez [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. Alternative form of laissier Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: laissier
    Sense id: en-lesser-fro-verb-9-oZcnJw Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French verbs ending in -er, Old French verbs with weak-a preterite

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "lesser evilist"
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      "word": "lesser flamingo"
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      "word": "lesser redpoll"
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      "word": "lesser rhea"
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      "word": "lesser spotted woodpecker"
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      "word": "Lesser Sunda Islands"
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      "word": "lesser wanderer"
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      "word": "lesser whistling duck"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "the comparative of little",
          "word": "geringere"
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          "code": "it",
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          "text": "lesser panda, lesser yellowlegs"
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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "present"
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        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
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      ]
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        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "lessevent",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "lessai",
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessas",
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lessames",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
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      "form": "lessastes",
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lesserent",
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "lesserai",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "plural",
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        "second-person"
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      "form": "lesseront",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lessereies",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lessereit",
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        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "lesseriiens",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriens",
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        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriiez",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriez",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lesseroient",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lessereient",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present tense of avoir + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
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      "form": "imperfect tense of avoir + past participle",
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        "pluperfect"
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessons",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessez",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessent",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessast",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissiens",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissoiz",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissez",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessassent",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "args": {
        "imp2sn": "les"
      },
      "name": "fro-conj-er"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "laissier"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French verbs ending in -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French verbs with weak-a preterite",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of laissier"
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      "id": "en-lesser-fro-verb-9-oZcnJw",
      "links": [
        [
          "laissier",
          "laissier#Old French"
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    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛsə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛsə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "lesser adjutant"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser anteater"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lesser Antilles"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser ape"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser arcana"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser bilby"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser black-backed gull"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser celandine"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser chinchilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser clubmoss"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser crested tern"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser evil"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser of two evils"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser-evilism"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser evilism"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser evilist"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser extent"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser flamingo"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser galangal"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser goldfinch"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser grey shrike"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser included offence"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser included offense"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser jacana"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser kestrel"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser-known"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser kudu"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser mortal"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser multangular"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser nothura"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser occipital nerve"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser omentum"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser petrosal nerve"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser prairie chicken"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser redpoll"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser rhea"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser roadrunner"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser rorqual"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser sac"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser sandplover"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser saphenous vein"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser scaup"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser seal script"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser spot-nosed monkey"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser spotted"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser spotted eagle"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser spotted woodpecker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lesser Sunda Islands"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser trochanter"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser vestibular glands"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser wanderer"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser whistling duck"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser whistling teal"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser white-fronted goose"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser whitethroat"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser wing"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser yam"
    },
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      "word": "to a lesser extent"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "less + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "less + -er",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "more little",
          "word": "little"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative form of little: more little"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "little",
          "little#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "greater"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "lesser panda, lesser yellowlegs"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "two",
          "two"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "smaller",
          "smaller"
        ],
        [
          "size",
          "size"
        ],
        [
          "littler",
          "littler"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛsɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛsə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lesser.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/En-us-lesser.ogg/En-us-lesser.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-us-lesser.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjénšy",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "ме́ншы"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "pienempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "vähäisempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "moindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "weniger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "kleiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "geringere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "minore"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kôčaktar",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "کوچکتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "menor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ménʹšij",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "ме́ньший"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "menor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ménšyj",
      "sense": "the comparative of little",
      "word": "ме́нший"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc",
      "word": "pienempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc",
      "word": "vähäisempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kôčaktar",
      "sense": "of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc",
      "word": "کوچکتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc",
      "word": "menor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesser"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛsə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛsə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "less",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "less + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "less + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lessers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lesser (plural lessers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "less‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "less"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesser of two evils"
    },
    {
      "word": "fewer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the lesser of two evils",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛsɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛsə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lesser.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/En-us-lesser.ogg/En-us-lesser.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-us-lesser.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thing that is of smaller size",
      "word": "pienempi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thing that is of smaller size",
      "word": "vähäisempi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesser"
}

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fro-conj-er",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesser",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en lessant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gerund of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessé",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessons",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessez",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseie",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoes",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseves",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoit",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseit",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessot",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseve",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessiiens",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessiens",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessiiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessiez",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessoent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessevent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessames",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessastes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesserent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesserai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessera",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesserons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseroiz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessereiz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesserez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseront",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseroie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessereie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseroies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessereies",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseroit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessereit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriiens",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriens",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseriez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesseroient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessereient",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preterite tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional tense of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissiens",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissoiz",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessissiez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessassent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "les",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lessez",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lesser",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "imp2sn": "les"
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      "name": "fro-conj-er"
    }
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  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "laissier"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French first group verbs",
        "Old French irregular verbs",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French verbs",
        "Old French verbs ending in -er",
        "Old French verbs with weak-a preterite"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of laissier"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "laissier",
          "laissier#Old French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesser"
}

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