lesk
/lɛsk/noun
lesk is a noun meaning “The loin; flank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-E-S-K, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lesk is lesks.
What does lesk mean?
noun
- 1
The loin; flank.
- 2
The groin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lesk?
- /lɛsk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lesk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lesk
- lesks plural
- lisk
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lesk?
Lesk appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does lesk come from?
Inherited from Middle English leske, probably from Old Norse ljóski, from Proto-Germanic *leuskô, though note Mercian Old English lēsca. Cognate with Swedish ljumske, Danish lyske.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).