jest
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: jĕst, IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛst/
- (dialectal, obsolete) enPR: jēst, IPA(key): /d͡ʒiːst/[1]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛst
Noun edit
jest (plural jests)
- (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
- I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 278, column 1:
- Alas poore Yorick, I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite Ieſt; […]
- (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 58, column 2:
- Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt, / I deſerue it […]
- (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance:
- the jests or actions of princes
- (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
- c. 1587 (date written), [Thomas Kyd], The Spanish Tragedie: […] (Fourth Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for T[homas] Pauier, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
Synonyms edit
- (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
- See also Thesaurus:joke
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Verb edit
jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation spelling of just..
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jest (not comparable)
- (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just
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Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-.
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jest
- (literary, obsolete) third-person singular present indicative of být
- Synonym: je
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.
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Noun edit
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.
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jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)
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- “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish jest, from Proto-Slavic *estь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
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jest
- third-person singular present indicative of być; is
- Ona jest ładna. ― She's pretty.
- Agnieszka jest studentką. ― Agnieszka is a student.
- (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
- dwa plus dwa jest cztery. ― Two plus two is four.
Serbo-Croatian edit
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jest (Cyrillic spelling јест)
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jest (definite accusative jesti, plural jestler)
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Inflection | ||
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Nominative | jest | |
Definite accusative | jesti | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | jest | jestler |
Definite accusative | jesti | jestleri |
Dative | jeste | jestlere |
Locative | jestte | jestlerde |
Ablative | jestten | jestlerden |
Genitive | jestin | jestlerin |