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les.

cram school, private tuition

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɛs/Standard-Indonesian[ˈlɛs]Standard-Indonesian
  1. cram school, private tuition

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

verb/ˈlɛs/Standard-Indonesian[ˈlɛs]Standard-Indonesian
  1. to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

noun/ˈlɛs/Standard-Indonesian[ˈlɛs]Standard-Indonesian
  1. rein

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch lis (“reed”).

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