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• /ˈlɛs.ən/
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• [ˈlɛs.n̩]
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• homophone: lessen
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• rhymes with -ɛsən
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• CMU ARPABET: L EH1 S AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection.

305 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mësim — section of learning or teaching
• Amharic: ትምህርት (təmhərt) — section of learning or teaching
• Arabic: دَرْس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Arabic: حِصَّة (ḥiṣṣa) — section of learning or teaching
• Arabic: درس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Arabic: درس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Arabic: حِصَّة (ḥiṣṣa) — section of learning or teaching
• Armenian: դաս (das) — section of learning or teaching
• Avar: дарс (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Azerbaijani: dərs — section of learning or teaching
• Baluchi: سبک (sabak) — section of learning or teaching
• Baluchi: سبق (sabaq) — section of learning or teaching
• Baluchi: درس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Bashkir: дәрес (dəres) — section of learning or teaching
• Bashkir: һабаҡ (habaq) — section of learning or teaching
• Basque: ikasgai — section of learning or teaching
• Belarusian: уро́к (urók) — section of learning or teaching
• Belarusian: ўрок (wrok) — section of learning or teaching
• Belarusian: ле́кцыя (ljékcyja) — section of learning or teaching
• Bengali: শিক্ষা (śikkha) — section of learning or teaching
• Bengali: পাঠ (paṭh) — section of learning or teaching
• Bengali: সবক (sôbôk) — section of learning or teaching
• Bengali: দরস (dôrôs) — section of learning or teaching
• Bhojpuri: सबक (sabak) — section of learning or teaching
• Breton: kentel — section of learning or teaching
• Bulgarian: уро́к (urók) — section of learning or teaching
• Bulgarian: ле́кция (lékcija) — section of learning or teaching
• Burmese: သင်ခန်းစာ (sanghkan:ca) — section of learning or teaching
• Catalan: lliçó — section of learning or teaching
• Chechen: дарс (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Chinese Mandarin: 課業 /课业 (kèyè) — section of learning or teaching
• Chinese Mandarin: -課 /-课 (-kè) — section of learning or teaching
• Ngazidja Comorian: darasa — section of learning or teaching
• Czech: lekce — section of learning or teaching
• Czech: vyučovací hodina — section of learning or teaching
• Danish: time — section of learning or teaching
• Dutch: les — section of learning or teaching
• Esperanto: leciono — section of learning or teaching
• Estonian: õppetund — section of learning or teaching
• Finnish: oppitunti — section of learning or teaching
• Finnish: luento — section of learning or teaching
• French: leçon — section of learning or teaching
• North Frisian: Önerrocht — section of learning or teaching
• Friulian: lezion — section of learning or teaching
• Friulian: lizion — section of learning or teaching
• Georgian: გაკვეთილი (gaḳvetili) — section of learning or teaching
• German: Lehrstunde — section of learning or teaching
• German: Stunde — section of learning or teaching
• German: Lektion — section of learning or teaching
• German: Unterricht — section of learning or teaching
• Greek: μάθημα (máthima) — section of learning or teaching
• Ancient Greek: μάθημα (máthēma) — section of learning or teaching
• Hawaiian: haʻawina — section of learning or teaching
• Hebrew: שיעור — section of learning or teaching
• Hebrew: שִׁעוּר (shi'úr) — section of learning or teaching
• Hindi: पाठ (pāṭh) — section of learning or teaching
• Hindi: सबक़ (sabaq) — section of learning or teaching
• Hungarian: lecke — section of learning or teaching
• Hungarian: óra — section of learning or teaching
• Hungarian: tanóra — section of learning or teaching
• Icelandic: kennslustund — section of learning or teaching
• Indonesian: pelajaran — section of learning or teaching
• Ingrian: urokka — section of learning or teaching
• Ingrian: läksy — section of learning or teaching
• Interlingua: lection — section of learning or teaching
• Irish: ceacht — section of learning or teaching
• Italian: lezione — section of learning or teaching
• Japanese: 授業 (jugyō) — section of learning or teaching
• Japanese: 学科 (gakka) — section of learning or teaching
• Japanese: 課 (-ka) — section of learning or teaching
• Japanese: レッスン (ressun) — section of learning or teaching
• Kalmyk: кичәл (kiçäl) — section of learning or teaching
• Kazakh: сабақ (sabaq) — section of learning or teaching
• Kazakh: дәріс (därıs) — section of learning or teaching
• Khmer: មេរៀន (mei riən) — section of learning or teaching
• Korean: 수업 (sueop) — section of learning or teaching
• Korean: 과 (gwa) — section of learning or teaching
• Central Kurdish: دەرس (ders) — section of learning or teaching
• Northern Kurdish: ders — section of learning or teaching
• Kyrgyz: сабак (sabak) — section of learning or teaching
• Kyrgyz: дарыс (darıs) — section of learning or teaching
• Ladino: lisión — section of learning or teaching
• Lao: ບົດຮຽນ (bot hīan) — section of learning or teaching
• Latin: documentum — section of learning or teaching
• Latin: auditio — section of learning or teaching
• Latvian: mācība — section of learning or teaching
• Latvian: stunda — section of learning or teaching
• Lithuanian: pamoka — section of learning or teaching
• Luxembourgish: Stonn — section of learning or teaching
• Luxembourgish: Lektioun — section of learning or teaching
• Macedonian: лекција (lekcija) — section of learning or teaching
• Malay: pengajaran — section of learning or teaching
• Malay: pelajaran — section of learning or teaching
• Malayalam: പാഠം (pāṭhaṁ) — section of learning or teaching
• Malayalam: അദ്ധ്യായം (addhyāyaṁ) — section of learning or teaching
• Maltese: lezzjoni — section of learning or teaching
• Manx: lessoon — section of learning or teaching
• Māori: akoranga — section of learning or teaching
• Māori: whakaakoranga — section of learning or teaching
• Marathi: धडा (dhaḍā) — section of learning or teaching
• Mongolian: хичээл (xičeel) — section of learning or teaching
• Norman: léçon — section of learning or teaching
• Norman: leçaon — section of learning or teaching
• Norwegian Bokmål: undervisningstime — section of learning or teaching
• Norwegian Nynorsk: undervisingstime — section of learning or teaching
• Occitan: leiçon — section of learning or teaching
• Occitan: lecçon — section of learning or teaching
• Oromo: barumsa — section of learning or teaching
• Pashto: درس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Pashto: لوست (lwəst) — section of learning or teaching
• Pashto: سبق (sabaq) — section of learning or teaching
• Persian: آموزه (āmuze) — section of learning or teaching
• Dari: دَرْس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Iranian Persian: دَرْس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Plautdietsch: Oppgow — section of learning or teaching
• Polish: lekcja — section of learning or teaching
• Portuguese: lição — section of learning or teaching
• Romanian: lecție — section of learning or teaching
• Russian: уро́к (urók) — section of learning or teaching
• Russian: ле́кция (lékcija) — section of learning or teaching
• Sanskrit: पाठ (pāṭha) — section of learning or teaching
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan — section of learning or teaching
• Serbo-Croatian: лѐкција — section of learning or teaching
• Serbo-Croatian: lèkcija — section of learning or teaching
• Slovak: lekcia — section of learning or teaching
• Slovene: lekcija — section of learning or teaching
• Spanish: lección — section of learning or teaching
• Swahili: funzo — section of learning or teaching
• Swedish: lektion — section of learning or teaching
• Tabasaran: дарс (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Tajik: дарс (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Tamil: பாடம் (pāṭam) — section of learning or teaching
• Tatar: дәрес (däres) — section of learning or teaching
• Tatar: гыйбрәт (ğibrät) — section of learning or teaching
• Telugu: పాఠం (pāṭhaṁ) — section of learning or teaching
• Thai: บทเรียน (bòt-riian) — section of learning or teaching
• Tibetan: སློབ་ཚན — section of learning or teaching
• Tigrinya: ትምህርቲ (təmhərti) — section of learning or teaching
• Tok Pisin: leson — section of learning or teaching
• Turkish: ders — section of learning or teaching
• Turkish: çimke — section of learning or teaching
• Turkish: sebak — section of learning or teaching
• Ottoman Turkish: درس (ders) — section of learning or teaching
• Turkmen: sapak — section of learning or teaching
• Turkmen: ders — section of learning or teaching
• Tuvan: кичээл (kiçeel) — section of learning or teaching
• Ukrainian: уро́к (urók) — section of learning or teaching
• Ukrainian: ле́кція (lékcija) — section of learning or teaching
• Urdu: دَرْس (dars) — section of learning or teaching
• Urdu: سَبَق (sabaq) — section of learning or teaching
• Uyghur: دەرس (ders) — section of learning or teaching
• Uzbek: dars — section of learning or teaching
• Uzbek: saboq — section of learning or teaching
• Vietnamese: bài — section of learning or teaching
• Vietnamese: bài học — section of learning or teaching
• Volapük: lärnod — section of learning or teaching
• Welsh: gwers — section of learning or teaching
• Yiddish: אויפֿגאַבע (oyfgabe) — section of learning or teaching
• Yiddish: לעקציע (lektsye) — section of learning or teaching
• Armenian: դաս (das) — learning task assigned to a student
• Bashkir: дәрес (dəres) — learning task assigned to a student
• Bashkir: өйгә эш (homework) — learning task assigned to a student
• Bengali: সবক (sôbôk) — learning task assigned to a student
• Danish: lektie — learning task assigned to a student
• Finnish: läksy — learning task assigned to a student
• Finnish: kotitehtävä — learning task assigned to a student
• Finnish: tehtävä — learning task assigned to a student
• French: devoirs — learning task assigned to a student
• German: Schularbeit — learning task assigned to a student
• German: Hausaufgabe — learning task assigned to a student
• Greek: μαθήματα (mathímata) — learning task assigned to a student
• Greek: εργασία (ergasía) — learning task assigned to a student
• Greek: άσκηση (áskisi) — learning task assigned to a student
• Hawaiian: haʻawina — learning task assigned to a student
• Hebrew: יעורים — learning task assigned to a student
• Hebrew: שִׁעוּרִים (shi'urím) — learning task assigned to a student
• Hindi: पाठ (pāṭh) — learning task assigned to a student
• Hungarian: lecke — learning task assigned to a student
• Hungarian: házi feladat — learning task assigned to a student
• Ingrian: urokka — learning task assigned to a student
• Ingrian: läksy — learning task assigned to a student
• Irish: ceacht — learning task assigned to a student
• Kalmyk: кичәл (kiçäl) — learning task assigned to a student
• Korean: 과 (gwa) — learning task assigned to a student
• Central Kurdish: دەرس (ders) — learning task assigned to a student
• Malayalam: പാഠം (pāṭhaṁ) — learning task assigned to a student
• Manx: lessoon — learning task assigned to a student
• Māori: akoranga — learning task assigned to a student
• Norwegian Bokmål: lekse — learning task assigned to a student
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lekse — learning task assigned to a student
• Iranian Persian: تَکْلیف (taklif) — learning task assigned to a student
• Plautdietsch: Oppgow — learning task assigned to a student
• Polish: praca domowa — learning task assigned to a student
• Polish: lekcje — learning task assigned to a student
• Portuguese: lição — learning task assigned to a student
• Portuguese: tarefa — learning task assigned to a student
• Russian: уро́к (urók) — learning task assigned to a student
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan — learning task assigned to a student
• Swahili: somo — learning task assigned to a student
• Swedish: läxa — learning task assigned to a student
• Tamil: பாடம் (pāṭam) — learning task assigned to a student
• Telugu: పాఠం (pāṭhaṁ) — learning task assigned to a student
• Tuvan: кичээл (kiçeel) — learning task assigned to a student
• Arabic: دَرْس (dars) — something learned
• Armenian: դաս (das) — something learned
• Bashkir: һабаҡ (habaq) — something learned
• Bengali: সবক (sôbôk) — something learned
• Bulgarian: урок (urok) — something learned
• Czech: ponaučení — something learned
• Finnish: opetus — something learned
• French: leçon — something learned
• German: Lehre — something learned
• Greek: δίδαγμα (dídagma) — something learned
• Greek: μάθημα (máthima) — something learned
• Hebrew: מוּסַר הַשְׂכֵּל (musár haskél) — something learned
• Hebrew: לֶקַח (lékakh) — something learned
• Ingrian: urokka — something learned
• Ingrian: läksy — something learned
• Irish: ceacht — something learned
• Korean: 수업 (sueop) — something learned
• Central Kurdish: دەرس (ders) — something learned
• Latin: documentum — something learned
• Latin: auditio — something learned
• Luxembourgish: Léier — something learned
• Malayalam: പാഠം (pāṭhaṁ) — something learned
• Manx: lessoon — something learned
• Māori: akoranga — something learned
• Mongolian: сургамж (surgamž) — something learned
• Persian: آموزه (āmuze) — something learned
• Polish: lekcja — something learned
• Portuguese: lição — something learned
• Romanian: lecție — something learned
• Russian: уро́к (urók) — something learned
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan — something learned
• Spanish: lección — something learned
• Swahili: funzo — something learned
• Swedish: läxa — something learned
• Tamil: பாடம் (pāṭam) — something learned
• Ottoman Turkish: درس (ders) — something learned
• Tuvan: кичээл (kiçeel) — something learned
• Vietnamese: bài học — something learned
• Volapük: lärnod — something learned
• Arabic: عِبْرَة (ʕibra) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Armenian: դաս (das) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Azerbaijani: ibrət — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Basque: eskarmentu — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Bulgarian: поука (pouka) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Czech: ponaučení — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Finnish: läksy — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Finnish: opetus — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• French: leçon — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• German: Lehre — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Greek: μάθημα (máthima) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Hebrew: לֶקַח (lékakh) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Hungarian: tanulság — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Korean: 교훈 (gyohun) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Central Kurdish: دەرس (ders) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Latin: documentum — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Latin: auditio — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Luxembourgish: Léier — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Malayalam: പാഠം (pāṭhaṁ) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Manx: lessoon — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Māori: iro — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Norwegian Bokmål: lærepenge — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lærepenge — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Persian: آموزه (āmuze) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Persian: پند (pand) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Polish: lekcja — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Polish: nauka — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Polish: nauczka — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Portuguese: lição — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Romanian: lecție — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Russian: уро́к (urók) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Scottish Gaelic: leasan — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Swahili: funzo — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Swedish: läxa — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Tamil: பாடம் (pāṭam) — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Turkish: ibret — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Vietnamese: bài học — something that serves as a warning or encouragement
• Esperanto: legaĵo — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Finnish: sana — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• French: lecture — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• German: Schriftlesung — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Hungarian: szentlecke — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Irish: ceacht — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Latin: lectio — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Māori: tuhinga — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Persian: آموزه (āmuze) — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Persian: پند (pand) — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Polish: czytanie — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Polish: lekcja — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Portuguese: lição — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Spanish: lección — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Swahili: funzo — section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
• Bulgarian: уча (uča) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Bulgarian: давам урок (davam urok) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Finnish: opettaa — to give a lesson; to teach
• Greek: διδάσκω (didásko) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Greek: δασκαλεύω (daskalévo) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Korean: 훈계하다 (hun'gyehada) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Malayalam: പഠിപ്പിക്കുക (paṭhippikkuka) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Persian: آموزانیدن (āmuzānidan) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Tamil: கற்பி (kaṟpi) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Tamil: சொல்லிக்கொடு (collikkoṭu) — to give a lesson; to teach
• Tamil: கற்றுக்கொடு (kaṟṟukkoṭu) — to give a lesson; to teach