"lest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Allemand]

IPA: \leːst\ Audio: De-lest.ogg , LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-lest.wav
  1. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de lesen. Form of: lesen
    Sense id: fr-lest-de-verb-PRqg1TOF
  2. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de lesen. Form of: lesen
    Sense id: fr-lest-de-verb-45stLf4v
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Conjunction [Anglais]

Audio: En-us-lest.ogg
  1. De peur que, sans quoi.
    Sense id: fr-lest-en-conj-TKKzGaUV Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun [Français]

IPA: \lɛst\, \lɛst\, lɛst Audio: Fr-lest.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-lest.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Sartus85-lest.wav Forms: lests [plural]
  1. Pierres, sable ou autres matières pesantes dont on charge le fond d’un bateau pour lui donner la stabilité convenable, en le faisant suffisamment entrer dans l’eau.
    Sense id: fr-lest-fr-noun-Y5HxH0o2 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la marine Topics: nautical
  2. Sacs de sable qui sont placés dans la nacelle d’un ballon et qu’on jette pour donner plus de légèreté au ballon.
    Sense id: fr-lest-fr-noun-OKFLNgAI Categories (other): Exemples en français
  3. Poids supplémentaire porté dans un planeur pour déplacer le domaine de performance optimale vers des vitesses supérieures. Souvent de l’eau est stockée dans une soute, et peut être évacué pendant le vol.
    Sense id: fr-lest-fr-noun-EKtV3zI1 Categories (other): Lexique en français de l’aéronautique Topics: aeronautics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alester, alestir, lestage, jeter du lest Translations (matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau): Ballast [masculine] (Allemand), ballast (Anglais), lasta (Basque), llast [masculine] (Catalan), lastre [masculine] (Espagnol), balasto (Espéranto), balasto (Ido), ballast [masculine] (Néerlandais), saurra (Occitan), léste (Picard), balast [masculine] (Polonais), lastro (Portugais), lest (Roumain), balast (Roumain)

Noun [Islandais]

IPA: \lɛst\
  1. Train.
    Sense id: fr-lest-is-noun-ppfPCZzt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Noms communs en islandais, Islandais

Noun [Tchèque]

Audio: Cs-lest.ogg
Forms: lsti [plural, nominative], lsti [singular, genitive], lstí [plural, genitive], lsti [singular, dative], lstem [plural, dative], lsti [plural, accusative], lsti [singular, vocative], lsti [plural, vocative], lsti [singular, locative], lstech [plural, locative], lstí [singular, instrumental], lstmi [plural, instrumental]
  1. Ruse, dol, manège, subterfuge, stratagème.
    Sense id: fr-lest-cs-noun-P9CK-i~s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: past Derived forms: bezelstný, lstivý

Inflected forms

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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "Elst"
    },
    {
      "word": "lets"
    },
    {
      "word": "tels"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dates manquantes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en français issus d’un mot en néerlandais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en allemand",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en basque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en catalan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en espagnol",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en espéranto",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en ido",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en néerlandais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en occitan",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en picard",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en polonais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en portugais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en roumain",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alester"
    },
    {
      "word": "alestir"
    },
    {
      "word": "lestage"
    },
    {
      "word": "jeter du lest"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Du néerlandais last (« poids ») → voir last en français."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lests",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en français de la marine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              98,
              102
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "François Coppée, L'Épave, 1880",
          "text": "Non, son ardent désir, c’est le bateau mouvant\nAvec sa voile ronde et ses deux focs au vent\nEt le lest de galets humides qui le charge"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pierres, sable ou autres matières pesantes dont on charge le fond d’un bateau pour lui donner la stabilité convenable, en le faisant suffisamment entrer dans l’eau."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-fr-noun-Y5HxH0o2",
      "topics": [
        "nautical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Jeter du lest."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              40,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon, J. Hetzel et Cⁱᵉ, Paris, 1863",
          "text": "Il n’emportait que deux cents livres de lest, « pour les cas imprévus seulement », disait-il, car il comptait bien n’en pas user, grâce à son appareil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sacs de sable qui sont placés dans la nacelle d’un ballon et qu’on jette pour donner plus de légèreté au ballon."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-fr-noun-OKFLNgAI"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en français de l’aéronautique",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poids supplémentaire porté dans un planeur pour déplacer le domaine de performance optimale vers des vitesses supérieures. Souvent de l’eau est stockée dans une soute, et peut être évacué pendant le vol."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-fr-noun-EKtV3zI1",
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\lɛst\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\lɛst\\"
    },
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    },
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  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ballast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "ballast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "lasta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lastre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "balasto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "balasto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ballast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "saurra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "léste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "lastro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "lest"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "balast"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Formes de verbes en allemand",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Allemand",
      "orig": "allemand",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Allemand",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lesen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de lesen."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-de-verb-PRqg1TOF"
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lesen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de lesen."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-de-verb-45stLf4v"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\leːst\\"
    },
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  "tags": [
    "form-of"
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Conjonctions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1200) Composé lexical unifié et apocopé du moyen anglais les te (\"less that\")."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "Conjonction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Judge not lest ye be judged."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "text": "I shall make a stop and post what I have now, lest I become unapproachable."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "KenM. Penner, What language did Paul speak in Acts 21–22? Ancient names for Hebrew and Aramaic., Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada, mai 2002.",
          "text": "But lest I be misunderstood, let me clarify what I am not arguing.",
          "translation": "De peur d’être mal compris, je vais développer ce que je n’argue pas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "De peur que, sans quoi."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-en-conj-TKKzGaUV"
    }
  ],
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      "raw_tags": [
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}

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en islandais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Islandais",
      "orig": "islandais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Islandais",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Train."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-is-noun-ppfPCZzt"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\lɛst\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en tchèque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en tchèque issus d’un mot en vieux haut allemand",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en tchèque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Tchèque",
      "orig": "tchèque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "innocent",
      "word": "bezelstný"
    },
    {
      "translation": "rusé",
      "word": "lstivý"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieux haut allemand lists → voir List en allemand."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstí",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstem",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstech",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstí",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstmi",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tchèque",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "paronyms": [
    {
      "word": "lézt"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "uchýlit se ke lsti.",
          "translation": "recourir à la ruse."
        },
        {
          "text": "průhledná lest.",
          "translation": "attrape-nigaud (ruse transparente)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ruse, dol, manège, subterfuge, stratagème."
      ],
      "id": "fr-lest-cs-noun-P9CK-i~s"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "past"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}
{
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    "Formes de verbes en allemand",
    "allemand"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Forme de verbe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lesen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’impératif à la forme active de lesen."
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "lesen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif à la forme active de lesen."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "\\leːst\\"
    },
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    {
      "audio": "LL-Q188 (deu)-Sebastian Wallroth-lest.wav",
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  "tags": [
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  "word": "lest"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Conjonctions en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(1200) Composé lexical unifié et apocopé du moyen anglais les te (\"less that\")."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "pos_title": "Conjonction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Judge not lest ye be judged."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "text": "I shall make a stop and post what I have now, lest I become unapproachable."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "KenM. Penner, What language did Paul speak in Acts 21–22? Ancient names for Hebrew and Aramaic., Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada, mai 2002.",
          "text": "But lest I be misunderstood, let me clarify what I am not arguing.",
          "translation": "De peur d’être mal compris, je vais développer ce que je n’argue pas."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "De peur que, sans quoi."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/57/En-us-lest.ogg/En-us-lest.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-lest.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "Elst"
    },
    {
      "word": "lets"
    },
    {
      "word": "tels"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Dates manquantes en français",
    "Lemmes en français",
    "Mots en français issus d’un mot en néerlandais",
    "Noms communs en français",
    "Traductions en allemand",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en basque",
    "Traductions en catalan",
    "Traductions en espagnol",
    "Traductions en espéranto",
    "Traductions en ido",
    "Traductions en néerlandais",
    "Traductions en occitan",
    "Traductions en picard",
    "Traductions en polonais",
    "Traductions en portugais",
    "Traductions en roumain",
    "français"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alester"
    },
    {
      "word": "alestir"
    },
    {
      "word": "lestage"
    },
    {
      "word": "jeter du lest"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "(Date à préciser) Du néerlandais last (« poids ») → voir last en français."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lests",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français",
        "Lexique en français de la marine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              98,
              102
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "François Coppée, L'Épave, 1880",
          "text": "Non, son ardent désir, c’est le bateau mouvant\nAvec sa voile ronde et ses deux focs au vent\nEt le lest de galets humides qui le charge"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pierres, sable ou autres matières pesantes dont on charge le fond d’un bateau pour lui donner la stabilité convenable, en le faisant suffisamment entrer dans l’eau."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Jeter du lest."
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              40,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Jules Verne, Cinq semaines en ballon, J. Hetzel et Cⁱᵉ, Paris, 1863",
          "text": "Il n’emportait que deux cents livres de lest, « pour les cas imprévus seulement », disait-il, car il comptait bien n’en pas user, grâce à son appareil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Sacs de sable qui sont placés dans la nacelle d’un ballon et qu’on jette pour donner plus de légèreté au ballon."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en français de l’aéronautique"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Poids supplémentaire porté dans un planeur pour déplacer le domaine de performance optimale vers des vitesses supérieures. Souvent de l’eau est stockée dans une soute, et peut être évacué pendant le vol."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aeronautics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\lɛst\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\lɛst\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-lest.ogg",
      "ipa": "lɛst",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ballast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "ballast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "lasta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lastre"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "balasto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "balasto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ballast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "saurra"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "léste"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balast"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "lastro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "lest"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Roumain",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "matières pesantes en faisant un bateau suffisamment entrer dans l’eau",
      "word": "balast"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Noms communs en islandais",
    "islandais"
  ],
  "lang": "Islandais",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Train."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\lɛst\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en tchèque",
    "Mots en tchèque issus d’un mot en vieux haut allemand",
    "Noms communs en tchèque",
    "tchèque"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "innocent",
      "word": "bezelstný"
    },
    {
      "translation": "rusé",
      "word": "lstivý"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieux haut allemand lists → voir List en allemand."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstí",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstem",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lsti",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstech",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstí",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lstmi",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tchèque",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "paronyms": [
    {
      "word": "lézt"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "uchýlit se ke lsti.",
          "translation": "recourir à la ruse."
        },
        {
          "text": "průhledná lest.",
          "translation": "attrape-nigaud (ruse transparente)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ruse, dol, manège, subterfuge, stratagème."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/Cs-lest.ogg/Cs-lest.ogg.mp3",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "past"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine"
  ],
  "word": "lest"
}

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