vestige
Syllables: ves·tige/ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/
vestige noun: a mark left on the earth by a foot.
Noun
vestige (plural vestiges)
- A mark left on the earth by a foot.
- A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
- the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra
- vestiges of former population
- Synonyms:
- remains
- A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
- Any person seeing such a condition could not help being frightened at the conditions found, and it seems to me that that fact should lead us to think that the appendix is a vestige or becoming so.1904, Transactions of the […] annual session, volume 40, Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, page 160
- Now this paired organ of Jacobsen began in reptiles and is well developed in many mammals. But in man it is a vestige, often disappearing altogether; and the two openings are closed.1932, John Arthur Thomson, Riddles of science, Ayer Publishing, page 824
- The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband.
- [J]ust a trace, or vestige, of the other sideband is included. In the receiver detection circuitry the vestige of the lower sideband is added to the upper sideband.2003, Tarmo Anttalainen, Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering, page 133
vestige meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
vestige in Hindi
- vestige, monument
- निशान niśān
vestige in Tamil
- பண்டெச்சம், அடிச்சுவடு, சுவடு, இம்மியளவு, துளியளவு, நிழற்சாயல்
vestige in Urdu
- نشان, سراغ
vestige in Malayalam
- mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign
- ചുവട് cuvaṭŭ, കാൽച്ചുവട് kālccuvaṭŭ, ചവിട്ടടി caviṭṭaṭi
More languagesFewer languages
- vestige in Kannada
- ಉಳಿಕೆ
- vestige in Tagalog
- dasto
Examples of vestige in a sentence
- The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end.1788, James Hutton, Theory of the earth, page 166:
- Her face was without a vestige of colour, but it only showed more strongly the perfect outline of her features.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry...
- Nevertheless in some cases, my original view, that the points are vestiges of the tips of formerly erect and pointed ears, still seems to me probable.1871, Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, Chapter I:
- Only ragged vestiges of glass remained in its windows, and great sheets of the green facing had fallen away from the corroded metallic framework.1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter VIII:
Synonyms of vestige
Forms of vestige
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Origin of vestige
From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”). Doublet of vestigium.
Words formed from vestige
Questions about vestige
- What does vestige mean?
- Vestige means a mark left on the earth by a foot.
- What is vestige in Hindi?
- Vestige in Hindi is निशान (niśān). See Vestige meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use vestige in a sentence?
- The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end.
- What part of speech is vestige?
- Vestige is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vestige?
- Vestige is pronounced /ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of vestige?
- The plural of vestige is vestiges.
Words near vestige in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: vestige (page history and authors); निशान (Hindi) (page history and authors); vestige (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vestige (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vestige (Kannada 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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