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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/
enPR: vĕs'təl Rhymes: -ɛstəl Etymology: From Latin Vesta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. More at was. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Vesta}} Latin Vesta, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂wes-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} vestal (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Female people Translations (of or pertaining to Vesta): ვესტალი (vesṭali) (Georgian), veisteach (Irish), посвящённый Весте (posvjaščónnyj) (Russian), vestal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vestal-en-adj-7o3gNiv2 Disambiguation of Female people: 13 13 40 35 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 31 35 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 0 27 31 1 14 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 1 38 36 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 1 31 38 1 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to Vesta': 99 1
  2. Pure; chaste. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Female people Translations (pure; chaste): девствен (devstven) (Bulgarian), целомъдрен (celomǎdren) (Bulgarian), უმანკო (umanḳo) (Georgian), უბიწო (ubic̣o) (Georgian), veisteach (Irish), чи́стый (čístyj) (Russian), непорочный (neporočnyj) (Russian), vestal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vestal-en-adj-wxbm9qwd Disambiguation of Female people: 13 13 40 35 0 Disambiguation of 'pure; chaste': 5 95

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɛs.t(ə)l/ Forms: vestals [plural]
enPR: vĕs'təl Rhymes: -ɛstəl Etymology: From Latin Vesta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-. More at was. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Vesta}} Latin Vesta, {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂wes-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- Head templates: {{en-noun}} vestal (plural vestals)
  1. A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin. Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-vestal-en-noun-i85er4aN Disambiguation of Female people: 13 13 40 35 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 31 35 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 0 27 31 1 14 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 1 38 36 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 1 31 38 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 28 4 40 27 1
  2. A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female virgin): де́вственница (dévstvennica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), virgulino (Esperanto), بكر (bikr, bikir) (Ottoman Turkish), де́вственница (dévstvennica) [feminine] (Russian), vestal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vestal-en-noun-RPenpXVp Disambiguation of Female people: 13 13 40 35 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 31 35 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 0 30 41 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 0 25 36 1 12 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 0 27 31 1 14 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 2 30 39 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 29 0 30 40 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 1 38 36 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 1 31 38 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 0 28 43 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 0 28 44 1 Disambiguation of 'female virgin': 30 70 0
  3. A nun. Translations (nun): монахиня (monahinja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), мона́хиня (monáxinja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vestal-en-noun-9dIgHpDt Disambiguation of 'nun': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Drury Lane vestal, St. John's Wood vestal

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /besˈtal/, [besˈt̪al] Forms: vestales [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -al Head templates: {{es-adj}} vestal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vestales)
  1. vestal (of or relating to Vesta) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-vestal-es-adj-X-redU52 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 0 27 31 1 14 0 1 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 86 4 9
  2. vestal (pure, chaste) Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-vestal-es-adj-BbRCDL8g

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /besˈtal/, [besˈt̪al] Forms: vestales [plural]
Rhymes: -al Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} vestal f (plural vestales)
  1. vestal (virgin) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-vestal-es-noun-M51HJ8IX

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Vestālis. Etymology templates: {{bor+|sv|la|Vestālis}} Borrowed from Latin Vestālis Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} vestal c, {{sv-noun|c}} vestal c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], vestal [indefinite, nominative, singular], vestals [genitive, indefinite, singular], vestalen [definite, nominative, singular], vestalens [definite, genitive, singular], vestaler [indefinite, nominative, plural], vestalers [genitive, indefinite, plural], vestalerna [definite, nominative, plural], vestalernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (historical) vestal virgin Tags: common-gender, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-vestal-sv-noun-jX595Us6 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:",
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      "word": "ვესტალი"
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      "word": "девствен"
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      "word": "целомъдрен"
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      "sense": "pure; chaste",
      "word": "უმანკო"
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      "sense": "pure; chaste",
      "word": "чи́стый"
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      "sense": "pure; chaste",
      "word": "непорочный"
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      "word": "virgulino"
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      "word": "بكر"
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      "sense": "nun",
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}

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