different between leas vs leans

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

leas

1. plural of lea

Anagrams

• ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, Sela, aels, ales, lase, sale, seal, sela

Galician

Verb

leas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of ler

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish less (“benefit, profit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??as?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /l??æs?/

Noun

leas m (genitive singular leasa)

1. interest
2. welfare, well-being
3. benefit

Declension

Synonyms

• (interest): sainleas
• (benefit): sochar, tairbhe, buntáiste

Derived terms

• féinleas (“self-interest”)
• leasaigh (“to amend, reform, improve; to cure, preserve, dress, curry; to dress, manure, fertilize”)
• leasmhar (“interested”)

Latin

Noun

le?s

1. accusative plural of lea

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ???s/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lausaz (“loose, free, vacant”). Akin to Old Norse lauss, German los (“loose, free”). More at -less, loose.

Adjective

l?as (comparative l?asra, superlative l?asost)

1. false, untrue

2. devoid of, free from
3. bereft of; without
4. vain, worthless

Declension

Noun

l?as n

1. falsehood, lie
2. mistake

Declension

Derived terms

• l?asian (“to lie”)
• l?asettan (“to pretend”)
• l?asere
• l?ascræft (“deceit, art of lying”)
• l?asl??

Descendants

• English: -less, lease, leasing

Etymology 2

see l?ah.

Noun

l?as

1. plural of l?ah

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

leas m

1. benefit, advantage

Spanish

Verb

leas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of leer.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of leer.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?nz/
• Rhymes: -i?nz

Verb

leans

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lean

Noun

leans

1. (aviation, with the) A dangerous sensory illusion where the pilot of an aircraft believes themself to be in a bank when they are actually wings-level, or vice-versa, often resulting in spatial disorientation and loss of control of the aircraft.

2. plural of lean

Anagrams

• ANSEL, Ansel, ELANs, Elsan, L'Anse, Nales, Slane, elans, enals, lanes, neals, slane, slean

Middle French

Etymology

Old French laiens.

Adverb

leans

1. here; there (in a given place)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (laiens)