vesta

See also: Vesta, vešta, vésta, and vēsta

English

Etymology

Named after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛstə

Noun

vesta (plural vestas)

1. A short match, made of wood or wax.

Derived terms

• wax vesta

Anagrams

• Avest., stave, vates, evats, Stave, Sveta

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wes-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *wéstis

Proto-Italic *westis

Latin vestis

Italian vestebor.

French vestebor.

German Westeder.

Czech vesta

Derived from German Weste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsta]

• Audio:

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Noun

vesta f

1. vest (US), waistcoat (UK)

   záchranná vesta ― life vest

Declension

Declension of vesta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	vesta	vesty
genitive	vesty	vest
dative	vestě	vestám
accusative	vestu	vesty
vocative	vesto	vesty
locative	vestě	vestách
instrumental	vestou	vestami

Further reading

• “vesta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vesta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Emilian

Alternative forms

• vésta (Modenese)
• fstéṅna (Bolognese)
• ftéṅna (Bolognese)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ve‧sta

Noun

vesta f (plural vesti) (Mantua)

1. skirt

Synonyms

• sutàna (Modenese)
• stanèla (Modenese)

Italian

Verb

vesta

1. inflection of vestire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• vaste

Latvian

Participle

vesta

1. inflection of vests:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

Romansh

Alternative forms

• vista (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

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Noun

vesta f (plural vestas)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) view
2. (anatomy, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) cheek

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French veste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêsta/
• Homophones: Vȅsta
• Hyphenation: ves‧ta

Noun

vȅsta f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ста)

1. vest (item of clothing)

Declension

Declension of vesta

	singular	plural
nominative	vȅsta	veste
genitive	veste	vȇstā
dative	vesti	vestama
accusative	vestu	veste
vocative	vesto	veste
locative	vesti	vestama
instrumental	vestom	vestama