See also: quèste

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin (ec)cu(m) istae (nominative feminine plural of iste).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwe.ste/
  • Rhymes: -este
  • Hyphenation: qué‧ste

Determiner edit

queste

  1. feminine plural of questo

Pronoun edit

queste

  1. feminine plural of questo

Latin edit

Participle edit

queste

  1. vocative masculine singular of questus

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Anglo-Norman queste.

Noun edit

queste

  1. Alternative form of quest

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English *cwiss.

Noun edit

queste

  1. Alternative form of quiste

Etymology 3 edit

From Old French quester.

Verb edit

queste

  1. Alternative form of questen

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French queste.

Noun edit

queste f (plural questes)

  1. quest

Descendants edit

  • French: quête

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin quaesta, from quaesita, from quaesitus. Compare querre.

Noun edit

queste oblique singularf (oblique plural questes, nominative singular queste, nominative plural questes)

  1. search; act, instance of searching

Descendants edit

References edit