est

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Etymology 1

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour, grace, liberality, munificence, bounty, kindness, love, good pleasure, harmony, liberal gifts, luxuries”), from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”). 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”). More at own.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Initialism.

Anagrams

• ETS, ETs, Set, StE, Ste, Ste., TEs, TSE, Tse, set, seṭ, tse

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈest/

Noun

est m (uncountable)

1. east

   a l'est del país

   in the east of the country

See also

Cardinal directions (punt cardinal):

NO N NE O E SO S SE

n-occ sept n-or occ or s-occ mer s-or

Further reading

• “est” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Verb

est

1. (archaic) present tense of være, second person singular (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!

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Old English ēast.

Etymology 2

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

Anagrams

• set, Ste., tes

Further reading

• “est” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From the word esik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛʃt]

• Audio

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Noun

est (plural estek)

1. evening, eve
2. recital, party

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛst/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

est m (invariable)

1. east

Anagrams

• set

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (astiy), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic єстъ (estŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist).

Etymology 2

Form of the verb edō (“I eat”). Cognate with Russian есть (jestʹ).

References

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

Alternative forms

• æst, este, eest, east, easte

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːst/

Noun

est

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

Adverb

est

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

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of estre

Alternative forms

• êt (continental Normandy)
• êst (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French, from Old English ēast.

Noun

est m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey, Sark) east

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /eːst/

Noun

ēst m, f (nominative plural ēste)

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

Alternative forms

• ẽ

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of estre

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Noun

est n (uncountable)

1. east

See also

• nord
• sud
• vest

Etymology

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

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

est c

1. Estonian; a person from Estonia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsd/, [ɛst]

Verb

est

1. (colloquial) second-person singular preterite of mynd