cestus
/ˈsɛstəs/noun
cestus is spelled C-E-S-T-U-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cestus means “A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cestus is cestuses or cesti.
How many letters and syllables are in cestus?
| Letters | 6: C-E-S-T-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cestus?
Cestus appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cestus?
- /ˈsɛstəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cestus
- cestuses plural
- cesti plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cestus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
- 2
obsoleteA girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cestus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cestus come from?
From Latin caestus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).