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Is cesta a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cesta is a Scrabble US word. The word cesta is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is cesta a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cesta is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (5 found)

CASTE,CATES,CESTA,SCEAT,TACES,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACES,ACTS,AESC,ATES,CASE,CAST,CATE,CATS,CEAS,EAST,EATS,ETAS,SATE,SCAT,SEAT,SECT,SETA,TACE,TAES,TASE,TEAS,TECS,

3-letter words (20 found)

ACE,ACT,ATE,ATS,CAT,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,SAC,SAE,SAT,SEA,SEC,SET,TAE,TAS,TEA,TEC,TES,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 57 words from cesta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cesta

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Definitions and meaning of cesta

cesta

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

cesta f (plural cestes)

  1. basket (container)

Synonyms

  • cestu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque zesta. Doublet of cista.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cesta f (plural cestes)

  1. cesta, xistera (basket used in jai alai)
    Synonym: txistera
  2. Clipping of cesta punta.

Further reading

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsta]
  • Hyphenation: ce‧s‧ta
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta

Noun

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)

Declension

Related terms

See also

  • pěšina
  • silnice
  • stezka
  • trasa

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket, specially larger ones without handles or with side handles
  2. (regional) smaller basket with a central handle
    Synonym: cesto
  3. (regional) muzzle
    Synonyms: bocal, vetillo

Related terms

  • cesteiro
  • cesto

References

  • “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.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.sta/
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Hyphenation: cé‧sta

Noun

cesta f (plural ceste)

  1. basket

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • caste, steca

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛsta/

Adjective

cesta

  1. feminine nominative singular of cesty

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. basket

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

cesta f (plural cestas)

  1. (Sutsilvan) chest, trunk

Synonyms

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • cista (Ikavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Noun

cèsta f (Cyrillic spelling цѐста)

  1. road (paved)
  2. highway

Declension

Quotations

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

Derived terms

  • cȅstār
  • cestàrina
  • cȅstica
  • cèstōvnī

See also

  • ulica

References

  • “cesta” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sesta]

Noun

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

  1. road
  2. way

Declension

See also

  • cestár
  • cestovať
  • cestovateľ

Noun

cesta

  1. genitive singular of cesto

Further reading

  • “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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sèːsta/

Noun

cẹ́sta f

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

Inflection

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθesta/ [ˈθes.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsesta/ [ˈses.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: ces‧ta

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

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