aquest

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (formal):
(Balearic) IPA(key): /əˈkəst/
(Balearic) IPA(key): /əˈkət/

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 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 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
  • → English: acquest
  • French: acquêt

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
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