cheste
See also: chéste
Lombard
Alternative forms
- cueste (formal variant)
- chest (Western orthography)
- chesti (Valtellina orthography, South-Eastern orthography)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeste/
Determiner
cheste f pl
Pronoun
cheste f pl
Synonyms
- chelle chí, cuelle chí
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English ċest, ċist, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). The final vowel is from the Old English oblique cases.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛst(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃist(ə)/, /ˈkist(ə)/
- Rhymes: -ɛst(ə)
Noun
cheste (plural chestes)
- A large container; a chest or footlocker.
- A safe, strongbox; a secure chest for treasured items and possessions.
- A coffin or casket (a box where the remains of the dead are stored)
- chest, abdomen (central portion of the body; home of the soul in medieval thought)
- (rare) A basket or bowl; a container without a top side.
- (rare) A separated or divided area; a section.
Descendants
References
- “chest(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 April 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
cheste
- alternative form of chest (“discord”)
Old Irish
Verb
cheste
- alternative spelling of chéste