veste

See also: Veste, vestē, vešte, věšte, and весьте

Danish

Noun

veste c

1. indefinite plural of vest

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian veste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛst/

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Noun

veste f (plural vestes)

1. jacket (garment)

   retourner sa veste ― to turn one's coat

Derived terms

• veston

Related terms

• vêtement

Descendants

• → English: vest
• → German: Weste
• → Serbo-Croatian: vesta

Further reading

• “veste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• vêtes

Galician

Verb

veste

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vestir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛste
• Hyphenation: vè‧ste

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vestem.

Noun

veste f (plural vesti)

1. dress (of a woman)

   Synonyms: abito, vestito

2. (in the plural) clothes
3. (by extension) appearance, capacity
4. habit (of a monk)

Derived terms

• vestaglia
• vestibile
• vestire

Descendants

• → French: veste (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veste

1. third-person singular present indicative of vestire

Latin

Noun

veste

1. ablative singular of vestis

Latvian

Tradicionāla veste ― A traditional waistcoat

Noun

veste f (5th declension)

1. waistcoat
2. vest

Declension

Declension of veste (5th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	veste	vestes
genitive	vestes	vestu
dative	vestei	vestēm
accusative	vesti	vestes
instrumental	vesti	vestēm
locative	vestē	vestēs
vocative	veste	vestes

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch festi. Equivalent to vast +‎ -e.

Noun

veste f

1. reliability
2. fortification, bulwark
3. castle, fort

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	veste	vesten
accusative	veste	vesten
genitive	veste, vesten	vesten
dative	veste, vesten	vesten

Descendants

• Dutch: vest
• Limburgish: vès

Further reading

• “veste”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “veste”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norman

Etymology

From Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h₂)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”).

Noun

veste f (plural vestes)

1. (Jersey) waistcoat

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveste/

Verb

veste

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʃ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ves‧te

Etymology 1

From Latin vestem.

Noun

veste f (plural vestes)

1. an item of clothing

   Synonyms: roupa, indumento

2. vestment (robe or gown worn as an indication of office)
3. (in the plural) clothes

   Synonym: roupa

Related terms

• vestido
• vestuário

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

veste

1. inflection of vestir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “veste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “veste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вѣсть (věstĭ, “news, message”), from Proto-Slavic *věstь. Compare Russian весть (vestʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈves.te/

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Noun

veste f (plural vești)

1. news, tidings

   Synonyms: noutate, știri, zvon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	veste	vestea		vești	veștile
genitive-dative	vești	veștii		vești	veștilor
vocative	veste, vesteo			veștilor

Derived terms

• vesti

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeste/ [ˈbes.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: ves‧te

Noun

veste f (plural vestes)

1. (poetic) dress

   Synonym: vestido

Further reading

• “veste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025