cest
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cest (plural cests)
- 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
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
cest
Middle French
Etymology 1
From Old French cist.
Adjective
cest
Descendants
- French: cet
Etymology 2
Contraction
cest
- Alternative form of c'est
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
ċest f
- Alternative form of ċist
Declension
Declension of ċest (strong ō-stem)
Old French
Adjective
cest m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ceste)
- 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
Mutation
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