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Meaning of лес | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2
[lʲes]

Definitions

  1. fate, destiny
    inanimate, masculine
  2. forest, woods
    inanimate, masculine
  3. Equivalent to 'fate': The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

Equivalents

Čeština spraš
Dansk løss
Deutsch Löss
English fate forest fortune Loess
Esperanto leŭso
Español loess
Suomi lössi
Français lœss
Magyar lösz
Italiano loess
日本語 黄土 黄砂
한국어 황사
Kurdî Fatê
Nederlands Limburgse klei löss
Polski less
Português loess loesse
Русский лёсс
Tiếng Việt hoàng thổ

Examples

“Skłaŭ ja hora u tarbinu, / Aż u Meryku adwioz, — / Dumaŭ: tut abo ja zhinu, / Abo z hora budzie los.”

I packed my sorrow in a bag and took it all the way to America. I thought: I would either perish there, or the sorrow would change to a fortune.

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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