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yester

/ˈjɛs.tə/US/ˈjɛs.tɚ/

yester adverb: yesterday.

Adverb

yester (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Yesterday.

Adjective

yester (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to yesterday.
    • yester eve, yester even(ing), yester morning
    Synonyms:
    last, yesterday

Noun

yester (countable and uncountable, plural yesters)

  1. (archaic) Yesterday.

yester meaning in Tamil and Urdu

yester in Tamil

நேற்றைய

yester in Urdu

کل کا, پرانا

Synonyms of yester

Forms of yester

pluralyesters

Origin of yester

From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English ġeostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.

Words formed from yester

Phrases with yester

Questions about yester

What does yester mean?
Yester means yesterday.
What is yester in Tamil?
Yester in Tamil is நேற்றைய. See Yester meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is yester?
Yester can be an adverb, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce yester?
Yester is pronounced /ˈjɛs.tɚ/ (US).

Words near yester in the dictionary

  1. yesss
  2. yessuh
  3. yessum
  4. yest
  5. yestaday
  6. yester
  7. yester month
  8. yester-
  9. yester-millennium
  10. yester-minute
  11. yester-month

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yester (page history and authors); yester (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yester (Urdu 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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