cheste
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See also: chéste
Lombard[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cueste (formal variant)
- chest (Western orthography)
- chesti (Valtellina orthography, South-Eastern orthography)
Pronunciation[edit]
Determiner[edit]
cheste f pl
Pronoun[edit]
cheste f pl
Synonyms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English ċest, ċist, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂. The final vowel is from the Old English oblique cases.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cheste (plural chestes)
- A large container; a chest or footlocker.
- A safe, strongbox; a secure chest for treasured items and possessions.
- A coffin or casket (a box where the remains of the dead are stored)
- chest, abdomen (central portion of the body; home of the soul in medieval thought)
- (rare) A basket or bowl; a container without a top side.
- (rare) A separated or divided area; a section.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “chest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cheste
- Alternative form of chest (“discord”)
Old Irish[edit]
Verb[edit]
cheste
- Alternative spelling of chéste
Categories:
- Lombard terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lombard lemmas
- Lombard determiners
- Lombard pronouns
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Middle English/ɛst(ə)
- Rhymes:Middle English/ɛst(ə)/2 syllables
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Containers
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms