aquest

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

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

1. this

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

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

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

From Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum.

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

1. gain

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

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

aquest

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

• Occitan: aqueste