cheste
See also: chéste
Lombard edit
Alternative forms edit
- cueste (formal variant)
- chest (Western orthography)
- chesti (Valtellina orthography, South-Eastern orthography)
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
cheste f pl
Pronoun edit
cheste f pl
Synonyms edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English ċest, ċist, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂. The final vowel is from the Old English oblique cases.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cheste (plural chestes)
- A large container; a chest or footlocker.
- A safe, strongbox; a secure chest for treasured items and possessions.
- A coffin or casket (a box where the remains of the dead are stored)
- chest, abdomen (central portion of the body; home of the soul in medieval thought)
- (rare) A basket or bowl; a container without a top side.
- (rare) A separated or divided area; a section.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “chest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cheste
- Alternative form of chest (“discord”)
Old Irish edit
Verb edit
cheste
- Alternative spelling of chéste