Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quest

/kwɛst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
quest
IPA
/kwɛst/
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

noun

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

noun

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.

noun

A request; a desire; a solicitation.

Obsolete

noun

A group of people conducting a search or inquiry.

Obsolete

noun

An inquest; a jury of inquest.

Obsolete

verb

To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.

Intransitive verb

verb

To search for something; to seek.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerō (“to ask, seek”). Doublet of question.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quest, queste, quaesta

Usage

Inflected Forms

quests (plural) quests (present, singular) questing (participle, present) quested (participle, past) quested (past)

Derived Forms

quester questful question questless questlike questline questman questmonger questward sidequest subquest

Phrases

FedEx quest fetch quest second quest vision quest

Synonyms

emprise seeking pursuit pursuance request ask for bespeak call for

Rhymes With

best west rest test request suggest guest arrest chest expressed dressed breast

Questions

How do you pronounce quest?
The recorded pronunciation is /kwɛst/.
What does quest mean?
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
Where does quest come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce quest

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