cesta
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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Noun
cesta f (plural cestes)
- basket (container)
Synonyms
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque zesta. Doublet of cista.
Pronunciation
Noun
cesta f (plural cestes)
- cesta, xistera (basket used in jai alai)
- Synonym: txistera
- Clipping of cesta punta.
Further reading
- “cesta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech cěsta, from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.
Pronunciation
Noun
cesta f
Declension
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- cesta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- cesta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- cesta in Internetová jazyková příručka
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 13th century. From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Pronunciation
Noun
cesta f (plural cestas)
- 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
- (regional) smaller basket with a central handle
- Synonym: cesto
- (regional) muzzle
Related terms
References
- “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
Etymology
From the Latin cista, from the Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.
Pronunciation
Noun
cesta f (plural ceste)
Further reading
- cesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Adjective
cesta
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: sexta (Brazil)
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -estɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃtɐ
- Hyphenation: ces‧ta
Noun
cesta f (plural cestas)
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).
Noun
cesta f (plural cestas)
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) trucca
- (Surmiran) trocla
- (Surmiran) tgascha
- (Puter) chascha
- (Surmiran) begl
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.
Noun
cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)
Declension
Declension of cesta
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:cesta.
Derived terms
See also
References
- “cesta” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.
Pronunciation
Noun
cesta f (genitive singular cesty, nominative plural cesty, genitive plural ciest, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Declension of cesta
See also
Noun
cesta
Further reading
- “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
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.
Pronunciation
Noun
cẹ́sta f
- road (strip of land made suitable for travel)
Inflection
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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 |
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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
- “cesta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “cesta”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cesto. Cognate with English cist and chest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθesta/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsesta/
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -esta
- Syllabification: ces‧ta
Noun
cesta f (plural cestas)
- basket
- (Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)
- (Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)
Derived terms
- cesta de la compra
- cesta de mimbre (“wicker basket”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014