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# est

«est» in Mova's school dictionary: **«is» in French: «il est content» is «he is happy»; the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (French «est» = is); abbreviation (est. = established, estimated; EST = Eastern Standard Time); suffix «-est»

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) «Est» means «is» in French: «il est content» is «he is happy»; the «s» and «t» are silent, so it sounds like «eh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#m1)

2) (French) «L'est» also means «the east» in French, and then the «st» is said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#m2)

3) (abbreviation) «Est.» is short for «established» (when a shop or school began) or «estimated» (a guess that is close). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#m3)

4) (abbreviation) «EST» means Eastern Standard Time, the clock time in the eastern USA and Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#m4)

5) «-est» is also an English ending meaning «the most»: «tallest», «fastest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#m5)

6) In Latin, «est» also means «is». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons «est» is one of the forms of «être» (to be): «c'est» means «it is» or «that's». On signs and shop fronts «Est.» shows the year a business started. In maths and science «est.» marks an estimate. In grammar lessons the ending «-est» makes superlatives: «big, bigger, biggest».

### examples

- In French, «c'est bon» means «it's good». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x1)
- «Elle est ma sœur» means «she is my sister». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x2)
- The bakery sign said «Est.» and then the year it opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x3)
- The table showed «est. 300 people», meaning about 300. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x4)
- The football match starts at seven o'clock EST. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x5)
- Add «-est» to make the superlative: «fast, faster, fastest». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x6)
- French «est» sounds like «eh», not like «east». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x7)
- Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet, Et quod prudenti vitam consilio monet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/#x8)

### note

As a whole word, «est» is French, not English. In French, «est» (is) and «et» (and) sound the same, «eh», but are different words. In English, «est.» with a dot is an abbreviation, not a word on its own. Spelling trap with «-est»: double the last letter after a short vowel («big – biggest») and change «y» to «i» («happy – happiest»).

### In the corpora

- [A plural noun takes a plural verb: le cheval est, but les chevaux sont.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/26-plurals-les-des-and-silent-s/14/)
- [Adjectives agree even after est: il est petit, elle est petite.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing/14/)
- [Picture running for the school bus with a French friend who shouts "On est en retard !" - we're late!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/28-etre-to-be/3/)
- [In talk, French people often use on for "we", with the same verb as il: on est.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/28-etre-to-be/4/)
- [C'est is ce plus est squashed together and means "it is" or "that is": C'est super !](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/28-etre-to-be/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «est» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/est/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.