cesta

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

cesta f (plural cestes)

1. basket (container)

• cestu

Borrowed from Basque zesta. Doublet of cista.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈses.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈses.ta]

cesta f (plural cestes)

1. cesta, xistera (basket used in jai alai)

   Synonym: txistera

2. Clipping of cesta punta.

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

Inherited from Old Czech cěsta, from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛsta]

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• Hyphenation: ce‧s‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɛsta

cesta f

1. road

   být na cestách ― to be on the way

   Se dala na cestu. ― She set off.

2. journey
3. path (graph theory)

• pěšina
• silnice
• stezka
• trasa

• cesta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• cesta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• cesta in Internetová jazyková příručka

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

• IPA^(key): [ˈθestɐ], (western) [ˈsestɐ]

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. 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

2. (regional) smaller basket with a central handle

   Synonym: cesto

3. (regional) muzzle

   Synonyms: bocal, vetillo

• cesteiro
• cesto

• “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.

From the Latin cista, from the Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.sta/

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Hyphenation: cé‧sta

cesta f (plural ceste)

1. basket

• cesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• caste, steca

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛsta/

cesta

1. feminine nominative singular of cesty

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cista.

• Homophone: sexta (Brazil)
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -estɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -eʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: ces‧ta

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket

• chista (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)
• chaista (Puter, Vallader)

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. (Sutsilvan) chest, trunk

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) trucca
• (Surmiran) trocla
• (Surmiran) tgascha
• (Puter) chascha
• (Surmiran) begl

• cista (Ikavian)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)

1. road (paved)
2. highway

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:cesta.

• cȅstār
• cestàrina
• cȅstica
• cèstōvnī

• ulica

• “cesta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sesta]

cesta f (genitive singular cesty, nominative plural cesty, genitive plural ciest, declension pattern of žena)

1. road
2. way

• cestár
• cestovať
• cestovateľ

cesta

1. genitive singular of cesto

• “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

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sèːsta/

cẹ́sta f

1. road (strip of land made suitable for travel)

• “cesta”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “cesta”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Inherited from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of cesto. Cognate with English cist and chest.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθesta/ [ˈθes.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsesta/ [ˈses.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: ces‧ta

cesta f (plural cestas)

1. basket

   Synonyms: canasto, canasta

2. (Spain, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)
3. (Mexico) laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)

• “cesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014