zest

English

Etymology

French zeste. Of unknown origin. The original meaning is 2. Meaning 1. ("enthusiasm") is metaphorical; confer to give a zest to, meaning "to add piquancy to", which can be done with a zest (meaning 2.).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

zest (countable and uncountable; plural zests)

Wikipedia

1. Enthusiasm.

   Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.

2. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

   The orange zest gives the strong flavors in this dish.

Related terms

zestful zestfully zesty

Translations

enthusiasm

Finnish: into (fi), innostus (fi) German: Lust (de) f., Freude (de) f., Begeisterung (de) f., Genuss (de) m. Hebrew: התלהבות, הנאה, חשק Japanese: 熱意 (ja) (netsui)

Norwegian: entusiasme (no) m., begeistring (no) m. Portuguese: entusiasmo (pt), gana (pt) f. Spanish: entusiasmo (es), brío (es) m.

outer skin of citrus

Finnish: sitrushedelmän (ulko)kuori German: Würze f. (2) Norwegian: ytterskall (no) n., zest (no) m. Russian: цедра (ru) f.

Spanish: ralladura f. Swedish: zest c.

Synonyms

• (enthusiasm): gusto
• (outer skin of citrus fruit; general vibrance of flavour): spice, relish, tang

Verb

zest (third-person singular simple present zests, present participle zesting, simple past and past participle zested)

1. (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit
2. To make more zesty

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zɛst/, SAMPA: /zEst/

Noun

zest m. (plural zests)

1. zest (of a fruit)

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Swedish

Noun

zest c.

1. zest; the outer skin of a citrus fruit

Declension

Declension of zest

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	zest	zesten
genitive	zests	zestens