Est in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Est

You can make 8 words from 'est' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'est'
• 2 letters words from 'est'

3 letters words from 'est'

EST 3	SET 3
TES 3

2 letters words from 'est'

ES 2	ET 2
ST 2	TE 2

Definitions and meaning of est

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”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”). 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.

Alternative forms

• este

Noun

est (usually uncountable, plural ests)

1. (obsolete) Grace; favour.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• est.

Adjective

est (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of established.
   • 2010, Julie Turjoman, Brave New Knits (page 49)

     Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker

Derived terms

• re-est

Etymology 3

Initialism.

Alternative forms

• EST

Noun

est (uncountable)

1. Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.

Anagrams

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

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• hiu, escu

Verb

est (third person present singular indicative esti, past participle fute)

1. I am.

Conjugation

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

est m (uncountable)

1. east

Synonyms

• orient, llevant

See also

(compass points) punt cardinal;

Further reading

• “est” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “est” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “est” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “est” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cornish

Etymology

From English est.

Noun

est m

1. east

Synonyms

• howldrehevel
• howldrevel

Antonyms

• gorlewin
• howlsedhes
• west

Derived terms

• north-est (“north-east”)
• soth-est (“south-east”)

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Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛst/
• Hyphenation: est

Noun

est m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of este

References

• “este, est” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse est, from Proto-Germanic *izi, with addition of -t from the preterite-present verbs. The Germanic form goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ési, cognate with Latin es, Ancient Greek εἶ (eî), Sanskrit असि (ási).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛsd̥]

Verb

est

1. (archaic-verb-form) present tense second-person singular of være (“(thou) 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!

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Elfdalian

Noun

est m

1. horse

Declension

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French

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Adjective

est (invariable)

1. east

Noun

est m (uncountable)

1. east

Derived terms

• Grand Est
• heure normale de l'est

Descendants

• → Asturian: este
• → Catalan: est
• → Corsican: este, est
• → Galician: leste
• → Italian: est
• → Occitan: èst
• → Portuguese: este, → leste
• → Romanian: est
• → Spanish: este

Synonyms

• orient, levant

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ/, (in liaison) /ɛ.t‿/
• Homophones: ai, aie, aies, aient, ais, ait, es, hais, hait

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of être

Derived terms

• c'est

Anagrams

• set, Ste., tes

Further reading

• “est”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the es- stem of the verb esik (“to fall”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛʃt]
• Rhymes: -ɛʃt

Noun

est (plural estek)

1. (archaic) evening, eve

   Synonym: este

2. (literary, by extension) recital, party (in the evening)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• est in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: èst

Noun

est m (invariable)

1. east

   Synonyms: oriente, levante

See also

• nord
• ovest
• sud
• punto cardinale

Anagrams

• 'ste, set

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti), Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /astiy/), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic ѥстъ (jestŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /est/, [ɛs̠t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /est/, [ɛst̪]

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present active indicative of sum

Quotations

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

Derived terms

• quid est nomen tibi?
• mihi nomen est

Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːst/, [eːs̠t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /est/, [ɛst̪]

Verb

ēst

1. third-person singular present active indicative of edō

Synonyms

• edit

References

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

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Middle English

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

Coordinate terms

• (compass point): north, south, west

Related terms

• esturne
• estward

Descendants

• English: east
• Scots: aist, eist

References

• “ēst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adverb

est

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

Descendants

• English: east
• Scots: aist, eist

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Middle French

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of estre

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Norman

Alternative forms

• êt (continental Normandy)
• êst (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French, from Old English ēast.

Noun

est m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey, Sark) east

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ǣst

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 or f (nominative plural ēste)

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

Declension

• Masculine

• Feminine

Synonyms

• ār, āre

Descendants

• Middle English: este
  • English: est, este (obsolete)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• ẽ

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of estre

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Old Norse

Verb

est

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vera

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French est, from Old English ēast.

Noun

est n (uncountable)

1. east

Declension

Synonyms

• orient
• răsărit

Coordinate terms

• (compass points) punct cardinal;

Further reading

• est in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Sardinian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈest/

Verb

est

1. third-person singular present indicative of èssere

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Scots

Alternative forms

• aest

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːst/, /øst/

Noun

est (uncountable)

1. (Orkney) envy

Verb

est (third-person singular simple present ests, present participle estan, simple past ested, past participle ested)

1. (Orkney) To envy.

References

• “est, n. and v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

est c

1. Estonian; a person from Estonia

Declension

See also

• estländsk
• estniska
• estnisk

Anagrams

• Set, set, tes

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɛsd/, [ɛst]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /eːsd/, [eːst], /ɛsd/, [ɛst]

Verb

est

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

Synonyms

• aethost (literary)

Source: wiktionary.org

• a programme designed to develop human potential.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)