cest

== English == === Etymology Latin cestus. === === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst === Noun === cest (plural cests) Alternative form of cestus (“woman's girdle”). === References === “cest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Stec, ECTS, TCEs, CTEs, 'tecs, ECTs, sect, ETCS, TECs == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛst] === Noun === cest genitive plural of cesta == Middle French == === Etymology 1 === From Old French cist. ==== Adjective ==== cest masculine singular of ce used before a vowel or a mute h followed by a vowel ===== Descendants ===== French: cet === Etymology 2 === ==== Contraction ==== cest alternative form of c'est == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃest/ Rhymes: -est === Noun === ċest f alternative form of ċist ==== Declension ==== 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 second-person singular preterite of cael === Mutation ===