"lest" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Francés]

IPA: [lɛst] Forms: lest [singular], lests [plural]
Rhymes: ɛst
  1. Lastre.
    Sense id: es-lest-fr-noun-cG--MM6C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alester, alestir, lestage

Conjunction [Inglés]

IPA: /lɛst/ Audio: en-us-lest.ogg
Etymology: Del inglés medio les te, y este del inglés antiguo þȳ lǣs þe.
  1. Para que no.
    Sense id: es-lest-en-conj-dHAuYdos
  2. No sea que, no vaya a ser que.
    Sense id: es-lest-en-conj-Kg4wlHn3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "FR:Palabras de etimología sin precisar",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "FR:Rimas:ɛst",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "FR:Sustantivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "FR:Sustantivos masculinos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "alester"
    },
    {
      "word": "alestir"
    },
    {
      "word": "lestage"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "lest",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lests",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "jeter du lest"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Francés",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
  "senses": [
    {
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            {
              "args": {
                "1": "— Pour Dieu ! Jetez du lest !\n— Voilà le dernier sac vidé !",
                "a": "Jules Verne",
                "c": "libro",
                "capítulo": "Première partie : Les naufragés de l’air : Chapitre I",
                "editorial": "Jules Hetzel et Cie",
                "fc": "2021-1-12",
                "fecha": "1875",
                "l": "París",
                "páginas": "2",
                "trad": "—¡Por Dios! ¡Soltad lastre!\n—¡Aquí está el último saco vaciado!",
                "título": "L’Île mystérieuse",
                "u": "https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Jules_Verne_-_L%E2%80%99%C3%8Ele_myst%C3%A9rieuse.djvu/2"
              },
              "expansion": ":*Ejemplo: — Pour Dieu ! Jetez du lest !\n— Voilà le dernier sac vidé !→ —¡Por Dios! ¡Soltad lastre!\n—¡Aquí está el último saco vaciado!Jules Verne. L’Île mystérieuse. Capítulo Première partie : Les naufragés de l’air : Chapitre I. Página 2. Editorial: Jules Hetzel et Cie. París, 1875.",
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          "text": "— Pour Dieu ! Jetez du lest !\n— Voilà le dernier sac vidé !",
          "translation": "—¡Por Dios! ¡Soltad lastre!\n—¡Aquí está el último saco vaciado!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lastre."
      ],
      "id": "es-lest-fr-noun-cG--MM6C",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[lɛst]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lests"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "l'est"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "ɛst"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "lest"
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
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                "t": "Bible",
                "trad": "En las manos te llevarán para que tu pie no tropiece en piedra.",
                "tradc": "libro",
                "tradpasaje": "Salmos 91:12",
                "tradt": "Biblia",
                "tradu": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=salmo+91&version=RVR1995",
                "tradv": "Reina-Valera 1995",
                "u": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=salmo+91&version=NKJV",
                "v": "New King James"
              },
              "expansion": ":*Ejemplo: In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.→ En las manos te llevarán para que tu pie no tropiece en piedra.Bible Psalm 91:12. Versión: New King James.\nTraducción: Biblia Salmos 91:12. Versión: Reina-Valera 1995.",
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        "Para que no."
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        "No sea que, no vaya a ser que."
      ],
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    "FR:Sustantivos masculinos",
    "Francés"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "alester"
    },
    {
      "word": "alestir"
    },
    {
      "word": "lestage"
    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "lests",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "idioms": [
    {
      "word": "jeter du lest"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Francés",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo masculino",
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                "editorial": "Jules Hetzel et Cie",
                "fc": "2021-1-12",
                "fecha": "1875",
                "l": "París",
                "páginas": "2",
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              },
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          "text": "— Pour Dieu ! Jetez du lest !\n— Voilà le dernier sac vidé !",
          "translation": "—¡Por Dios! ¡Soltad lastre!\n—¡Aquí está el último saco vaciado!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lastre."
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "[lɛst]"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lests"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "l'est"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "ɛst"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

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    "EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio",
    "Inglés"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Del inglés medio les te, y este del inglés antiguo þȳ lǣs þe.",
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
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                "tradv": "Reina-Valera 1995",
                "u": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=salmo+91&version=NKJV",
                "v": "New King James"
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        }
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        "Para que no."
      ],
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Download raw JSONL data for lest meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)

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