vesta

Named after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth.

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstə/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə

vesta (plural vestas)

1. A short match, made of wood or wax.

• Avest., stave, vates, evats, Stave, Sveta

Derived from German Weste.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsta]

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vesta f

1. vest (US), waistcoat (UK)

   záchranná vesta ― life vest

• “vesta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vesta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• vésta (Modenese)
• fstéṅna (Bolognese)
• ftéṅna (Bolognese)

• Hyphenation: ve‧sta

vesta f (plural vesti) (Mantua)

1. skirt

• sutàna (Modenese)
• stanèla (Modenese)

vesta

1. inflection of vestire:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• vaste

vesta

1. inflection of vests:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative singular feminine

• vista (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

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vesta f (plural vestas)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) view
2. (anatomy, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) cheek

From French veste.

• IPA^(key): /ʋêsta/
• Homophones: Vȅsta
• Hyphenation: ves‧ta

vȅsta f (Cyrillic spelling ве̏ста)

1. vest (item of clothing)