cest

See also: CEST, c'est, čest, cèst, and česť

English

Etymology

Latin cestus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛst/

Noun

cest (plural cests)

  1. (obsolete) A woman's girdle; a cestus.
    • 1746, William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character
      The cest of amplest power is given

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cest in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛst/

Noun

cest

  1. genitive plural of cesta

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French cist.

Adjective

cest

  1. masculine singular form of ce used before a vowel or a mute h followed by a vowel
    cest honneur
    this honor

Descendants

Etymology 2

Contraction

cest

  1. Alternative form of c'est

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kistō, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Cognate with Old Frisian kiste, Middle Dutch kiste (Dutch kist), Old High German chista (German Kiste), Old Norse kista.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃest/

Noun

ċest f

  1. box; coffer

Descendants

Old French

Adjective

cest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ceste)

  1. Alternative form of cist

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • cefaist (literary)

Verb

cest

  1. second-person singular preterite of cael

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cest gest nghest chest
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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