lesser
See also: Lesser
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: less‧er
Adjective
editlesser
- comparative form of little: more little
Adjective
editlesser (not comparable)
- Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
- Antonym: greater
- lesser panda
- lesser yellowlegs
Derived terms
editTerms derived from the adjective "lesser"
- lesser adjutant
- lesser anteater
- Lesser Antilles
- lesser ape
- lesser arcana
- lesser auk
- lesser bilby
- lesser black-backed gull
- lesser celandine
- lesser chinchilla
- lesser clubmoss
- lesser crested tern
- lesser-evilism
- lesser evilism
- lesser evilist
- lesser evil, lesser of two evils
- 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 Slave Lake
- Lesser Slave River
- 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
Translations
editthe comparative of little
of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc
Noun
editlesser (plural lessers)
- a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
- the lesser of two evils
- The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.
Related terms
editTranslations
editthing that is of smaller size
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Anagrams
editOld French
editVerb
editlesser
- Alternative form of laissier
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of lesser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lesser | avoir lessé | |||||
| gerund | en lessant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | lessant | ||||||
| past participle | lessé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | les | lesses | lesse | lessons | lessez | lessent |
| imperfect | lessoie, lesseie, lessoe, lesseve | lessoies, lesseies, lessoes, lesseves | lessoit, lesseit, lessot, lesseve | lessiiens, lessiens | lessiiez, lessiez | lessoient, lesseient, lessoent, lessevent | |
| preterite | lessai | lessas | lessa | lessames | lessastes | lesserent | |
| future | lesserai | lesseras | lessera | lesserons | lesseroiz, lessereiz, lesserez | lesseront | |
| conditional | lesseroie, lessereie | lesseroies, lessereies | lesseroit, lessereit | lesseriiens, lesseriens | lesseriiez, lesseriez | lesseroient, lessereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | les | les | lest | lessons | lessez | lessent |
| imperfect | lessasse | lessasses | lessast | lessissons, lessissiens | lessissoiz, lessissez, lessissiez | lessassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | lesse, les | — | lessons | lessez | — | ||
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- Rhymes:English/ɛsə(ɹ)
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