cest

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

English

Etymology

Latin cestus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 of ce used before a vowel or a mute h followed by a vowel
    cest honneur
    this honor
Descendants
  • French: cet

Contraction

cest

  1. Alternative form of c'est

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃest/

Noun

ċest f

  1. Alternative form of ċist

Declension
Declension of cest (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ċest ċesta, ċeste
accusative ċeste ċesta, ċeste
genitive ċeste ċesta
dative ċeste ċestum

Old French

Adjective

cest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ceste)

  1. Alternative form of cist

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • cefaist (literary)

Pronunciation

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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