aquest

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste. Compare Occitan aquest and Spanish aqueste.

Pronunciation

(formal):

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈkɛst]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈkəst]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈkest]

(common):

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈkɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈkət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈket]

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Determiner

aquest (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquests or aquestos, feminine plural aquestes)

1. this

Pronoun

aquest (feminine aquesta, masculine plural aquests or aquestos, feminine plural aquestes)

1. this (one), (in the plural) these (ones)

See also

Catalan demonstratives

		determiner	pronoun	locative
1st	near	aquest, este1	açò2, ço1	ací1
2nd	neutral	aqueix1, eixe1	això	aquí, ahí2
3rd	remote	aquell	allò	allà, allí

¹ Dialectal, archaic in other dialects
² Valencian

References

• “aquest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum.

Noun

aquest oblique singular, m (oblique plural aquez or aquetz, nominative singular aquez or aquetz, nominative plural aquest)

1. gain

Descendants

• Middle French: acquest
  • French: acquêt
• → Middle English: aqueste
  • English: acquest

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from Latin eccum + iste. Compare Catalan aquest and Spanish aqueste.

Pronoun

aquest

1. this (this thing; the one in question)

Descendants

• Occitan: aqueste