See also: cèsta, cěsta, and česta

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun edit

cesta f (plural cestes)

  1. basket (container)

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Basque zesta. Doublet of cista.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cesta f (plural cestes)

  1. cesta, xistera (basket used in jai alai)
    Synonym: txistera
  2. Clipping of cesta punta.

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Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech cěsta, from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsta]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ce‧s‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta

Noun edit

cesta f

  1. road
    být na cestáchto be on the way
    Se dala na cestu.She set off.
  2. journey
  3. path (graph theory)

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Further reading edit

  • cesta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • cesta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • cesta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Galician edit

 

Etymology edit

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈθestɐ], (western) [ˈsestɐ]

Noun edit

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket, specially larger ones without handles or with side handles
    • 1272, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Mosteiro de Montederramo, page 469:
      darnos kada ano una cesta de peras
      give to us each year a basket of pears
  2. (regional) smaller basket with a central handle
    Synonym: cesto
  3. (regional) muzzle
    Synonyms: bocal, vetillo

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References edit

  • cesta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • cesta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cesta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • cesta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From the Latin cista, from the Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cesta f (plural ceste)

  1. basket

Further reading edit

  • cesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Lower Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cesta

  1. feminine nominative singular of cesty

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

  • chista (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)
  • chaista (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology edit

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun edit

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) chest, trunk

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Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Noun edit

cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)

  1. road (paved)
  2. highway

Declension edit

Quotations edit

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See also edit

References edit

  • cesta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cesta f (genitive singular cesty, nominative plural cesty, genitive plural ciest, declension pattern of žena)

  1. road
  2. way

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Noun edit

cesta

  1. genitive singular of cesto

Further reading edit

  • cesta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cẹ́sta f

  1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel)

Inflection edit

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. césta
gen. sing. céste
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
césta césti céste
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
céste cést cést
dative
(dajȃlnik)
césti céstama céstam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
césto césti céste
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
césti céstah céstah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
césto céstama céstami
 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. césta
gen. sing. cesté
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
césta cesté cesté
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
cesté cestá cestá
dative
(dajȃlnik)
césti cestáma cestàm
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
cestó cesté cesté
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
césti cestàh cestàh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
cestó cestáma cestámi

Further reading edit

  • cesta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • cesta”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cesto. Cognate with English cist and chest.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθesta/ [ˈθes.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsesta/ [ˈses.t̪a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: ces‧ta

Noun edit

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket
    Synonyms: canasto, canasta
  2. (Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)
  3. (Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)

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