cest
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- “cest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cest
Middle French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French cist.
Adjective edit
cest
Descendants edit
- French: cet
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction edit
cest
- Alternative form of c'est
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ċest f
- Alternative form of ċist
Declension edit
Old French edit
Adjective edit
cest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ceste)
- Alternative form of cist
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
- cefaist (literary)
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɛsd/, [kʰɛst]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /keːsd/, [kʰeːst], /kɛsd/, [kʰɛst]
Verb edit
cest
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |