neste

neste

1. plural of nes

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛstɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛstɛ
• Hyphenation: ne‧s‧te

neste

1. second-person plural imperative of nést

nestää +‎ -e, from mostly unattested dialectal nestää; compare Ingrian nestää and Livvi nestüö (“to get damp”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnesteˣ/, [ˈne̞s̠t̪e̞(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: nes‧te

neste

1. liquid
2. fluid, in certain technical terms.

   jarruneste ― brake fluid

   ohjausneste ― power steering fluid

   ruumiinneste ― bodily fluid

• nestemäinen
• nesteyttää
• nesteytyä

neste

1. in this; a contraction of en + este, see en.

From Old Norse næstr

neste (indeclinable)

1. next (immediately following in a sequence)

• nest

• “neste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse næstr

neste (indeclinable)

1. next (as above)

• nest

• “neste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈneʃ.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: nes‧te

neste

1. in this; a contraction of em + este, see em.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:neste.

• (Standard Bosnian, Standard Croatian, Standard Serbian) níste
• (Standard Montenegrin) nijèste
• (historical, regional) nijéste

From Proto-Slavic *ne + *este, second-person plural present tense form of *byti. This formation later created *ne jesmъ in the South Slavic vernaculars, which merged to become něste (attested in the 14th century). Because of the yat reflex, něste became rendered as neste in Ekavian speeches.

• IPA^(key): /něːste/
• Hyphenation: ne‧ste

néste (Cyrillic spelling не́сте)

1. (regional, chiefly Serbia) negative second-person plural present of biti

• Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “jesam”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 606