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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• 'tecs, ECTS, ETCS, Stec, TCEs, TECs, sect

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛst/

Noun

cest

1. genitive plural of cesta

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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

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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

• English: chest

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Old French

Adjective

cest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ceste)

1. Alternative form of cist

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• cefaist (literary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛsd/, [kʰɛst]
• IPA^(key): /keːsd/, [kʰeːst], /kɛsd/, [kʰɛst]

Verb

cest

1. second-person singular preterite of cael

Mutation

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