lesser
See also: Lesser
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛsə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: less‧er
Adjective
lesser
- comparative form of little: more little
- 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 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
Translations
the comparative of little
Noun
lesser (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
Translations
thing that is of smaller size
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Old French
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.
| 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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