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vesta

/ˈvɛstə//ˈvɛstə/

vesta noun: a short match, made of wood or wax.

Noun

vesta (plural vestas)

  1. A short match, made of wood or wax.

Proper noun capitalized: Vesta

Vesta

  1. (Roman) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
  2. A female given name from Latin in occasional use.
  3. The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.
    Synonyms:
    ⚶, formerly 🝷

vesta meaning in Tamil

vesta in Tamil

இல்லம்மன், இல்லுறை தெய்வம், அடுக்களைப் பெண்தெய்வம், இல்லாயி, செவ்வாய்க் கோளுக்கும், வியாழக்கோளுக்கும் இடையே செல்லும்

Synonyms of vesta

  • ⚶
  • formerly 🝷

Forms of vesta

pluralvestas

Plural of vesta: vestas

Origin of vesta

Named after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth.

From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”). Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

Words formed from vesta

Words that rhyme with vesta

Questions about vesta

What does vesta mean?
Vesta means a short match, made of wood or wax.
What is vesta in Tamil?
Vesta in Tamil is இல்லம்மன், இல்லுறை தெய்வம், அடுக்களைப் பெண்தெய்வம். See Vesta meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vesta?
Vesta can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vesta?
Vesta is pronounced /ˈvɛstə/ (UK).
What is the plural of vesta?
The plural of vesta is vestas.

Words near vesta in the dictionary

  1. vest frottoir
  2. vest frottoirs
  3. vest in interest
  4. Vest-Agder
  5. vest-pocket
  6. vesta
  7. vestal
  8. vestal virgin
  9. vestal virgins
  10. Vestalia
  11. Vestalian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vesta (page history and authors); Vesta (page history and authors); Vesta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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