cest

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"

English

Etymology

Latin cestus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

cest (plural cests)

Alternative form of cestus (“woman's girlde”)
- 1746, William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character:
  The cest of amplest power is given

References

“cest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛst]

Noun

cest

genitive plural of cesta

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French cist.

Adjective

cest

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

Alternative form of c'est

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃest/

Noun

ċest f

Alternative form of ċist

Declension

Declension of cest (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċest	ċesta, ċeste
accusative	ċeste	ċesta, ċeste
genitive	ċeste	ċesta
dative	ċeste	ċestum

Old French

Adjective

cest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ceste)

Alternative form of cist

Welsh

Alternative forms

cefaist (literary)

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɛsd/, [kʰɛst]
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /keːsd/, [kʰeːst], /kɛsd/, [kʰɛst]

Verb

cest

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.

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