different between fest vs gest

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest (“feast, festival, party”), from Middle High German fest, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity (see these).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /f?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Homophones: fessed, -fest

Noun

fest (plural fests)

1. (in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.

   Synonym: festival

2. (in combination) An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.

Derived terms

• -fest

Related terms

• festschrift

Translations

Anagrams

• ETFs, FETs, FTEs, FTSE, Stef, efts, fets, tefs

Czech

Etymology

From German fest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?st]

Noun

fest m anim

1. (archaic) undestroyable person
2. (archaic) mummy

Declension

Adverb

fest (comparative více fest, superlative nejvíce fest)

1. (informal) firmly, tightly

2. (informal) much

Derived terms

• na fest

Further reading

• fest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• fest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest, from Latin f?stum (“holiday, festival, banquet, feast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?st/, [f?sd?]

Noun

fest c (singular definite festen, plural indefinite fester)

1. party
2. celebration
3. festival
4. feast
5. fête

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “fest” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see there for cognates and further etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Adjective

fest (comparative fester, superlative am festesten)

1. firm; compact; hard
2. firm; fixed; rigid
3. firm; steadfast

Declension

Derived terms

• Festnetz

See also

• Fest – n. festival
• feste – adv. hard, firmly
• flüssig, gasförmig

Further reading

• “fest” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

[after 1372] Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pë??- (“color; to color, paint”) + -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f??t]
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

fest

1. (transitive) to paint

   Coordinate term: mázol

2. (transitive) to dye
3. (intransitive) to look in some way

   Synonyms: kinéz, látszik, t?nik

Usage notes

The stative types of the sense verbs feel, smell, and taste are uncommon in Hungarian (i.e., those expressing some sensory information conveyed, in contrast to the voluntary actions of using these senses or the involuntary perception). Instead, adjectival (-ú/-?/-jú/-j?) and possessive (…-a/-e/-ja/-je van) constructions are used, and these are also applicable for sound. (The first two rows are for action verbs and perception verbs that behave similarly to English.)

On the other hand, certain verbs can express particular sensory impressions, e.g. illatozik (“to smell sweet, to be fragrant”) and b?zlik (“to stink, to reek”).

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz. Cognate with German fest, Dutch vast, English fast, Icelandic fastur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæst/
• Homophone: Fest

Adjective

fest (masculine festen, neuter fest, comparative méi fest, superlative am feststen)

1. firm, hard
2. solid
3. rigid
4. fixed, fast

Declension

Middle English

Verb

fest

1. to feast

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum. Cognate with German Fest.

Noun

fest n

1. holiday, festival

References

• “fest” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin festum

Noun

fest m (definite singular festen, indefinite plural fester, definite plural festene)

1. celebration, party
2. (religion) feast, festival

Synonyms

• (party): party

Derived terms

• bryllupsfest
• festlig
• folkefest
• hagefest

Related terms

• feste (sense 2)

Etymology 2

Verb

fest

1. imperative of feste

References

• “fest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin festum.

Noun

fest m (definite singular festen, indefinite plural festar, definite plural festane)

1. celebration, party, festivity

   Synonyms: party, selskap

2. (religion) feast, festival

Derived terms

• festa, feste (verb)

Related terms

• ferie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse festr f, derived from fast.

Noun

fest f (definite singular festa, indefinite plural fester, definite plural festene)

1. an betrothal
2. a rope

Derived terms

In the sense of an engagement to marry:

Related terms

• festa, feste (verb)
• feste n

Etymology 3

Inflected forms of festa, feste (“to fasten”).

Participle

fest (definite singular and plural feste)

1. past participle of festa and feste
   1. fastened
   2. engaged

Alternative forms

• festa

Derived terms

• grunnfest
• grunnlovsfest
• lovfest

Verb

fest

1. imperative of festa and feste
2. supine of festa and feste

Etymology 4

Inflected form of festa, feste (“to party”)

Verb

fest

1. imperative of festa and feste

References

• “fest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

Inflected forms of festa (“to fasten”).

Participle

fest

1. strong feminine nominative singular of festr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of festr
3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of festr

Verb

fest

1. second-person singular imperative active of festa
2. supine of festa

Anagrams

• stef

Polish

Etymology

From German fest, from Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?st/

Adjective

fest (not comparable)

1. (Upper Silesia or colloquial) perky, robust, vigorous

   Synonyms: dziarski, krzepki, silny

Declension

Indeclinable.

Adverb

fest (not comparable)

1. (Upper Silesia or colloquial) firmly, strongly

   Synonyms: bardzo, mocno, porz?dnie

Noun

fest m inan

1. (archaic) celebration, ceremony, function

   Synonyms: ?wi?to, uroczysto??

Declension

Derived terms

• (adverb) na fest

Further reading

• fest in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• fest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• fejst

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Adverb

fest (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (Kajkavian) very
2. (Kajkavian) intensively
3. (Kajkavian) tightly, strongly, firmly

Synonyms

• jako, ?vrsto, intenzivno

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin festum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?s?t/
• Homophone: fäst

Noun

fest c

1. party, celebration

Declension

Derived terms

• festa

Yola

Noun

fest

1. Alternative form of hist

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??st/

Homophone: jest

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French geste. Doublet of jest.

Noun

gest (countable and uncountable, plural gests)

1. (obsolete) A gesture or action.
2. (archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

3. (archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
   • a. 1639, Joseph Mede, a sermon

     And surely no Ceremonies of dedication , no not of Solomons Temple it self , are comparable to those sacred gests , whereby this place was sanctified

4. (archaic) bearing; deportment

Translations

Etymology 2

Compare gist a resting place.

Noun

gest (plural gests)

1. (obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
2. (obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hanmer to this entry?)

   • The pictured lives of martyr , or of saint , Or gests of valorous knight

Anagrams

• Gets, gets, steg, tegs

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gestus, attested from the 14th century.

Noun

gest m (plural gests or gestos)

1. gesture

Related terms

• gesticular

References

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gest

1. indefinite accusative singular of gestur

Etymology 2

Verb

gest

1. singular present indicative of getast
2. second-person imperative of getast

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• gist

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gest, *gist, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz.

Noun

gest m or f

1. yeast

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• gist

Descendants

• Dutch: gist
  • Afrikaans: gis

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gest (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From a conflation of Old Norse gestr and Old English ?iest; both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Germanic *g?óstis. Doublet of host.

Alternative forms

• geste, gist, geast, gyst

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/, /???st/, /?ist/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

gest (plural gestes)

2. A guest, visitor; somebody staying at another's residence.
3. A customer of a hostel or inn; one that pays for accomodation.
4. An unknown person; a foreigner or outsider.
5. A (often threatening) male individual; a ominous person.
6. (figuratively, rare) A male lover of a woman; a man in an unofficial intimate relationship with a woman.

Derived terms

• gesten
• gestenen
• gestyng

Descendants

• English: guest
• Scots: guest

References

• “gest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.

Etymology 2

Noun

gest

1. Alternative form of geste (“tale”)

Etymology 3

Noun

gest

1. Alternative form of geste (“tribe”)

Etymology 4

Verb

gest

1. Alternative form of gesten (“to host a guest”)

Etymology 5

Verb

gest

1. Alternative form of gesten (“to read poetry”)

Etymology 6

Noun

gest

1. Alternative form of yest (“beer foam”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin gestus, via French geste

Noun

gest m (definite singular gesten, indefinite plural gester, definite plural gestene)

1. a gesture

References

• “gest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin gestus, via French geste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/

Noun

gest m (definite singular gesten, indefinite plural gestar, definite plural gestane)

1. a gesture

References

• “gest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Old Saxon g?st or Old High German geist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?st/, [????st]

Noun

g?st m

1. Alternative form of g?st

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaist.

Noun

g?st m

1. A soul, spirit, breath

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: g?st, geist
  • Low German: geest

Polish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin gestura, nominative singular of gesturus (“about to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/

Noun

gest m inan

1. gesture

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French geste.

Noun

gest n (plural gesturi)

1. gesture

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin gestus (“having been carried”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/

Noun

gest c

1. a gesture; a motion of the hands

   gäster med gester

   guests with gestures (title of a Swedish TV show)

2. a gesture; a symbolic action, a signal

Declension

Related terms

• gestik
• gestikulation
• gestikulera
• gestikulering
• gestisk
• gestuell

Anagrams

• gets, segt, steg, tegs

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st/

Verb

gest

1. Soft mutation of cest.

Mutation