lesser
See also: Lesser
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: less‧er
Adjective
lesser
Adjective
lesser (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
Terms derived from the adjective "lesser"lesser adjutant
- lesser anteater
- Lesser Antilles
- lesser ape
- lesser arcana
- lesser auk
- lesser baby innocence
- lesser bilby
- lesser black-backed gull
- Lesser Britain
- lesser capybara
- lesser celandine
- lesser chinchilla
- lesser clubmoss
- lesser crested tern
- lesser cuckoo
- lesser evilism, lesser-evilism
- lesser evilist
- lesser evil, lesser of two evils
- lesser extent
- lesser flamingo
- lesser galangal
- lesser goldfinch
- lesser green leafbird
- lesser grey shrike
- lesser hedgehog tenrec
- lesser included offence
- lesser included offense
- lesser jacana
- lesser kestrel
- lesser-known
- lesser kudu
- lesser moa
- lesser mortal
- lesser multangular
- lesserness
- 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 siren
- Lesser Slave Lake
- Lesser Slave River
- lesser spot-nosed monkey
- lesser spotted
- lesser spotted eagle
- lesser spotted woodpecker
- Lesser Sunda Islands
- Lesser Sundas
- lesser trochanter
- lesser vestibular glands
- lesser wanderer
- lesser weever
- lesser whistling duck
- lesser whistling teal
- lesser white-fronted goose
- lesser whitethroat
- lesser wing
- lesser yam
- to a lesser extent
Translations
the comparative of little
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of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc — see also inferior
Noun
lesser (plural lessers)
- a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
- The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.
Related terms
Translations
thing that is of smaller size
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Anagrams
Old French
Verb
lesser
- alternative form of laissier
Conjugation
This 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 | — | ||