aquest

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan aquest, from Vulgar Latin *accu istu, eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum.

Pronunciation
  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əˈkəst/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əˈkɛst/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /aˈkest/

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
Grade determiner pronoun locative
1st near aquest, este1 açò1 ací1
2nd neutral aqueix1, eixe1 això aquí, ahí2
3rd remote aquell allò allà, allí
1) Dialectal, archaic in other dialects
2) Valencian

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *acquestum, *acquaesitum (cf. Medieval Latin acquīsītum) from *acquaerō (from Latin acquirō).

Noun

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

  1. gain

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accu istu, eccu istu, from Latin eccum istum.

Pronoun

aquest

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

Descendants
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