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See also: Est, EST, êst, èst, ēst, -est, est., and Est.

Translingual

Symbol

est

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Estonian.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (will, consent, favour), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (favour, affection), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (to notice; face, mouth) or from *h₃neh₂- (to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy).

Cognate with Icelandic ást (affection, love), Dutch gunst (favour, grace, courtesy, privilege), German Gunst (favour, goodwill, boon), Danish yndest (favour), Swedish ynnest (favour, indulgence, grace).

Alternative forms

Noun

est (usually uncountable, plural ests)

  1. (obsolete) Grace; favour.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adjective

est (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of established.
    Acme Manufacturing Inc., est 1952
    • 2010, Julie Turjoman, Brave New Knits, page 49:
      Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Proper noun

est

  1. Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Verb

est first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative esti, past participle fute)

  1. to be

Conjugation

past participle fute
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
mini tini nes, nese, el noi voi nesh, nesi, ei / eyi, eli
present est esht esti him hits sent

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

Noun

est m (uncountable)

  1. east
    Synonyms: orient, llevant
    a l'est del país
    in the east of the country

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

nord-oest
(n-occ)
nord
(sept)
nord-est
(n-or)
oest
(occ)
est
(or)
sud-oest
(s-occ)
sud
(mer)
sud-est
(s-or)

Further reading

Cornish

Etymology

From English east.

Noun

est m

  1. east

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛst/
  • Hyphenation: est

Noun

est m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of este

References

  • este, est” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse est, from Proto-Germanic *izi, with addition of -t from the preterite-present verbs. The Germanic form goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ési, cognate with Latin es, Ancient Greek εἶ (), Sanskrit असि (ási).

Pronunciation

Verb

est

  1. (archaic) present tense second-person singular of være ((thou) art)
    • 1812, Udvalgte danske Viser fra Middelalderen, page 19:
      Om jeg end Engene hver Nat / I Sorgen maa betræde, / Din Magt den har mig altid fat, / Dog du est ej tilstede: ...
      Even if I, each night, the meadows / Must walk upon, mourningly, / Thy power always has its grip on me, / Though thou art not present: ...
    • 1863, Ludvig baron Holberg, Frederik Ludvig LIEBENBERG, Vilhelm MARSTRAND, Ludvig Holbergs Peder Paars, udgivet for det Holbergske Samfund af F. L. Liebenberg, page 152:
      Jeg nesten gietter hvad til saadant dig har dreven: / Du est vist uden Tvivl for Døden bange bleven. / Rak, giør Dig reede strax, paa Rejsen dig begiv, / Kald Folket sammen; see, du redde kand dit Liv!
      I can sort of guess what has driven thee to such things: / Undoubtedly, thou art become frightened of death. / Rabble, prepare thyself straight away, commence the journey, / Call together the people; see, thou canst save thy life!

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz, an alternative form of *hangistaz. Compare Danish hest.

Pronunciation

Noun

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est m

  1. horse

Declension

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French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

Adjective

est (invariable)

  1. east

Noun

est m (uncountable)

  1. east

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: este
  • Catalan: est
  • Corsican: este, est
  • Galician: leste
  • Italian: est
  • Occitan: èst
  • Portuguese: este, leste
  • Romanian: est
  • Spanish: este

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French est, from Old French est, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Next to Jésus-Christ, it is the only word in which silent internal s remains in modern French spelling. The expected form êt existed, but did not establish itself, in contrast to être and êtes. Possible reasons are the sheer frequency of est, its exact agreement with the Latin form, and the fact that it was usually unstressed and thus shortened.

Pronunciation

Verb

est

  1. third-person singular present indicative of être
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From the es- stem of the verb esik (to fall) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix).[1][2][3] See more at este.

Pronunciation

Noun

est (plural estek)

  1. (archaic) evening, eve
    Synonym: este
  2. (literary, by extension) recital, show in the evening (compare French soirée (evening activity, party, literally evening))
    műsoros estan evening with entertainment

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative est estek
accusative estet esteket
dative estnek esteknek
instrumental esttel estekkel
causal-final estért estekért
translative estté estekké
terminative estig estekig
essive-formal estként estekként
essive-modal
inessive estben estekben
superessive esten esteken
adessive estnél esteknél
illative estbe estekbe
sublative estre estekre
allative esthez estekhez
elative estből estekből
delative estről estekről
ablative esttől estektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
esté esteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
estéi estekéi
Possessive forms of est
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. estem estjeim
2nd person sing. ested estjeid
3rd person sing. estje estjei
1st person plural estünk estjeink
2nd person plural estetek estjeitek
3rd person plural estjük estjeik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ est in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  2. ^ est in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  3. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • est in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • est in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

Noun

est m (invariable)

  1. east
    Synonyms: oriente, levante

See also

From Latin
settentrione
occidente
ponente
oriente
levante
meridione
mezzogiorno
From Germanic
nordovest nord nordest
ovest est
sudovest sud sudest

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /⁠astiy⁠/), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic ѥстъ (jestŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist).

Pronunciation

Verb

est

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of sum
    Marcus agricola est."Marcus is a farmer."
    Est senex."He is old."
    Est puella in vīllā."There is a girl in the villa."
Quotations
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Asturian: ye
  • Catalan: és
  • French: est
  • Galician: é
  • Italian: è
  • Portuguese: é
  • Romanian: este, e
  • Sardinian: est
  • Spanish: es

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti; form of the verb edō (I eat). Cognate with Russian есть (jestʹ), Latvian ēst, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti).

Pronunciation

Verb

ēst

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of edō
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.66–67:
      Ēst mollis flamma medullās
      intereā, et tacitum vīvit sub pectore vulnus.
      A soft flame consumes her bonemarrow
      meanwhile, as a quiet wound lives in her chest.
Synonyms

References

  • est”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Ligurian

Noun

est m (please provide plural)

  1. east (cardinal point)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ēast, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *austr.

Pronunciation

Noun

est

  1. east, easternness
  2. A location to the south; the south
  3. The Orient

Coordinate terms

Descendants

References

Adverb

est

  1. To the east, eastwards, eastbound
  2. From the east, eastern
  3. In the east

Descendants

Middle French

Verb

est

  1. third-person singular present indicative of estre

Norman

Alternative forms

  • êt (continental Normandy)
  • êst (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French, from Old English ēast.

Noun

est m (uncountable)

  1. (Guernsey, Sark) east

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (grace, thanks), derivative of Proto-Germanic *unnaną (to grant, thank), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (to notice; face, mouth).

Cognate with Old Saxon anst (grace, favour), Old High German anst (goodwill, benevolence, thanks, grace), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 (ansts, joy, grace, thankfulness). Related to Old English unnan (to grant, allow). More at own.

Pronunciation

Noun

ēst m or f (nominative plural ēste)

  1. consent, grace, favor; kindness
  2. pleasure

Declension

  • Masculine
  • Feminine

Synonyms

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Verb

est

  1. third-person singular present indicative of estre

Old Norse

Verb

est

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of vera

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Noun

est n (uncountable)

  1. east
    Synonyms: orient, răsărit

Declension

Coordinate terms

Native Romanian
miazănoapte
apus răsărit
miazăzi
Borrowed from French/German
nord-vest nord nord-est
vest est
sud-vest sud sud-est

Further reading

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin est, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Pronunciation

Verb

est

  1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

est (uncountable)

  1. (Orkney) envy

Verb

est (third-person singular simple present ests, present participle estan, simple past ested, past participle ested)

  1. (Orkney) To envy.

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

est c

  1. Estonian; a person from Estonia

Declension

See also

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

est

  1. second-person singular preterite colloquial of mynd

Synonyms