cesta

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See also: cèsta, cěsta, and česta

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun[edit]

cesta f (plural cestes)

  1. basket (container)

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Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech cěsta, from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsta]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ce‧s‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta

Noun[edit]

cesta f

  1. road
    Se dala na cestu.She set off.
    být na cestáchto be on the way
  2. journey
  3. path (graph theory)

Declension[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • cesta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • cesta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • cesta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈθestɐ], (western) [ˈsestɐ]

Noun[edit]

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket, specially larger ones without handles or with side handles
    • 1272, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Mosteiro de Montederramo, page 469:
      darnos kada ano una cesta de peras
      give to us each year a basket of pears
  2. (regional) smaller basket with a central handle
    Synonym: cesto
  3. (regional) muzzle
    Synonyms: bocal, vetillo

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • cesta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cesta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cesta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cesta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Latin cista, from the Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cesta f (plural ceste)

  1. basket

Further reading[edit]

  • cesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

cesta

  1. feminine nominative singular of cesty

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • chista (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)
  • chaista (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun[edit]

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) chest, trunk

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Noun[edit]

cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)

  1. road (paved)
  2. highway

Declension[edit]

Quotations[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • cesta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cesta f (genitive singular cesty, nominative plural cesty, genitive plural ciest, declension pattern of žena)

  1. road
  2. way

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

cesta

  1. genitive singular of cesto

Further reading[edit]

  • cesta in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cẹ́sta f

  1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel)

Inflection[edit]

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. césta
gen. sing. céste
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
césta césti céste
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
céste cést cést
dative
(dajȃlnik)
césti céstama céstam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
césto césti céste
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
césti céstah céstah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
césto céstama céstami
Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent
nom. sing. césta
gen. sing. cesté
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
césta cesté cesté
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
cesté cestá cestá
dative
(dajȃlnik)
césti cestáma cestàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
cestó cesté cesté
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
césti cestàh cestàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
cestó cestáma cestámi

Further reading[edit]

  • cesta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cesto. Cognate with English cist and chest.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθesta/ [ˈθes.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsesta/ [ˈses.t̪a]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: ces‧ta

Noun[edit]

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket
    Synonyms: canasto, canasta
  2. (Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)
  3. (Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)

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