leste
French, adjective
leste is spelled L-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leste is a French adjective meaning “agile; nimble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lester. With an accent, lesté is a different word: “past participle of lester”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a de la facilité, de la légèreté dans ses mouvements”.
What does leste mean in English?
adjective
- 1
agile; nimble
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of lester
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a de la facilité, de la légèreté dans ses mouvements. 2. Qui est adroit, prompt à trouver des expédients pour terminer une affaire. 3. Rusé, peu scrupuleux sur les principes, les égards et les convenances. 4. Qui manque de respect, de courtoisie ou qui dénote un mépris des convenances.
noun: 1. Libellule (demoiselle) d’Eurasie, de la famille des lestidés.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of leste
- lestes plural
- lestée feminine
- lestés masculine plural
- lestées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to leste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leste in French?
leste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).