cest

See also: CEST, c'est, čest, cèst, and česť

English

Etymology

Latin cestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

cest (plural cests)

1. (obsolete) A woman's girdle; a cestus.
   • 1746, William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character:

     The cest of amplest power is given

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “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

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.