cest

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"

English

Etymology

Latin cestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

cest (plural cests)

1. Alternative form of cestus (“woman's girdle”)
   • 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

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛst]

Noun

cest

1. genitive plural of cesta

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French cist.

Adjective

cest

1. masculine singular of ce used before a vowel or a mute h followed by a vowel

   cest honneur

   this honor

Descendants

• French: cet

Etymology 2

Contraction

cest

1. Alternative form of c'est

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃest/

Noun

ċest f

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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.