crest en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɹɛst/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English creste, from Old French creste (modern French crête) and perhaps continuing Old English cræsta (“crest, tuft, plume”); both ultimately from Vulgar Latin *cresta, from Latin crista. Doublet of crista. The informal meaning “design, logo” (noun sense 11) stems from a misinterpretation of the heraldic noun sense 4, which specifically refers to the object placed on top of the helm.
Meanings
- The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
- A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
- The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
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A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- The upper curve of a horse's neck.
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The ridge or top of a wave.
Then, too, the same flutter is observed when it glides over the crest of a wave, but this probably only occurs when the wind lies in a certain direction from the axis of flight.
1926, Ernest Bade, Science and Invention, volume 17, Experimenter Publishing Company, page 462:
- The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
- The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
- The top line of a slope or embankment.
- A ridge along the surface of a bone.
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(informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, sports club, association or high-class family.
Hungry for fame and the approval of rare-animal collector Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton), Darwin deceives the Captain and his crew into believing they can get enough booty to win the pirate competition by entering Polly in a science fair. So the pirates journey to London in cheerful, blinkered defiance of the Queen, a hotheaded schemer whose royal crest reads simply “I hate pirates.”
2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
- Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crests | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
caruncle (skin on head of birds) · wattle (skin on head of birds) · snood (skin on head of birds)
Deriveds
flamecrest · crestfish · interior crest · crestlike · crestline · iliac crest · crestie · ride the crest of the wave · undercrest · crestal · crest-tailed mulgara · crestfallen · helmetcrest · infratemporal crest · neural crest syndrome · sagittal crest · increst · crest tile · neurocrest · neural crest · great crest · hillcrest · plovercrest · Pacific Crest · crestless · cresyl · Scotch crest · crest cloud
Synonyms
comb (skin on head of birds) · cockscomb (skin on head of birds)
Translations (186)
oc aresta (ornamental finishing) · rup creastã (ridge or top of a wave) · ga moing (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ca plomall (plume or decoration on a helmet) · az daraq (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fr aigrette (plume or decoration on a helmet) · gd mullach (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · es cresta (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · bg гре́бен (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ru гри́ва (upper curve of horse's neck) · fi harjaviiva (top line of a slope) · sv kam (ridge or top of a wave) · it timbro (heraldic bearing) · ru гре́бень (top line of a slope) · pt crina (upper curve of horse's neck) · es cornisa (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · pt crista (plume or decoration on a helmet) · wa cresse (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mk кикиришка (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ko 볏 (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · it criniera (upper curve of horse's neck) · tl tuktok (ridge or top of a wave) · pt crista (da/de onda) (ridge or top of a wave) · nl top (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · vi mào (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · scn pizzu (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · fi kypäränkoriste (heraldic bearing) · fi harja (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · cy tusw (plume or decoration on a helmet) · fi harja (ridge or top of a wave) · wa cresse (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · fr crinière (upper curve of horse's neck) · pl czub (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · tr ibik (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · nl kam (ridge or top of a wave) · de Helmzier (heraldic bearing) · ca cresta (ridge or top of a wave) · pl wierch (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · fr crête (top line of a slope) · de Gipfel (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · sq fjuhull (helm or head) · it cresta (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · es cresta (plume or decoration on a helmet) · grc λόφος (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · de Wellenkamm (ridge or top of a wave) · es copete (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ga círín (heraldic bearing) · ru хохоло́к (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · gd bàrr (ridge or top of a wave) · fi harja (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · pt crista (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · sv bergskam (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · ca cresta (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mi upane (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · ca crinera (plume or decoration on a helmet) · pl grzebień (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fi töyhtö (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · nl bergkam (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · sv kam (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · nl kuif (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · pl pióropusz (plume or decoration on a helmet) · fa خوچ (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · rup creastã (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · cs klenot (heraldic bearing) · eo kresto (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fi harja (anatomy: ridge along the surface of a bone) · vi đỉnh sóng (ridge or top of a wave) · nl pluim (plume or decoration on a helmet) · sq kreshtë (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · mi hurutihi (plume or decoration on a helmet) · mi puhipuhi (plume or decoration on a helmet) · fi harja (upper curve of horse's neck) · nl helmteken (heraldic bearing) · bg гребен (top line of a slope) · pl szczyt (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · grc λόφος (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · gd cìrean (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · hy կատար (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mk врв (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · ro creastă (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · ota ایبك (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ru плюма́ж (plume or decoration on a helmet) · es cresta (ridge or top of a wave) · vi ngọn sóng (ridge or top of a wave) · ro creastă (ridge or top of a wave) · gd mullach (ridge or top of a wave) · sh uvor (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · scn crista (ridge or top of a wave) · sv topp (ridge or top of a wave) · ttj orusunsu class 11 (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · nl golfkam (ridge or top of a wave) · bg гребен (plume or decoration on a helmet) · he ציצית ראש (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mk челенка (heraldic bearing) · nl kam (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · mi upane (top line of a slope) · la crista (plume or decoration on a helmet) · mk гребен (ridge or top of a wave) · sv kam (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · fa ستیغ (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · sv vågtopp (ridge or top of a wave) · pt cume (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · grc λόφος (plume or decoration on a helmet) · es cimera (heraldic bearing) · mk качулка (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · de Kamm (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ro creastă (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mk челенка (plume or decoration on a helmet) · fa پوپ (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ru верши́на (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · mi koukou (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · de Krone (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ga buaic capaill (upper curve of horse's neck) · fr crête (anatomy: ridge along the surface of a bone) · mk перјаница (plume or decoration on a helmet) · ja とさか (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · pt elmo (helm or head) · fi heltta (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ru гре́бень (ridge or top of a wave) · cmn 冠 (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · it cresta (ridge or top of a wave) · de Wellenspitze (ridge or top of a wave) · fi harja (top line of a slope) · ga círín (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fa کاکل (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · it crine (upper curve of horse's neck) · de Helmkleinod (heraldic bearing) · sv hjälmprydnad (heraldic bearing) · es cimera (plume or decoration on a helmet) · ga círín (ridge or top of a wave) · mk пувка (helm or head) · kmr lûtke (ridge or top of a wave) · mk гривна (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ms puncak (ridge or top of a wave) · pt timbre (heraldic bearing) · ast caramiellu (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mk кикиришка (plume or decoration on a helmet) · es cresta (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · ru гребешо́к (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · it cimiero (heraldic bearing) · ru конёк (ornamental finishing) · scn pizzu (top line of a slope) · pt pluma (plume or decoration on a helmet) · fa خوچ (plume or decoration on a helmet) · id gombak (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · it cimiero (plume or decoration on a helmet) · id jambul (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fr crête (ornamental finishing) · scn chirca (plume or decoration on a helmet) · cy crib (plume or decoration on a helmet) · grc ἄμβων (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · fi töyhtö (plume or decoration on a helmet) · ru гре́бень (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fr huppe (plume or decoration on a helmet) · it cresta (plume or decoration on a helmet) · ast moñu (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fr crête (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · bg гре́бен (ridge or top of a wave) · ga círín (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · ru хо́лка (upper curve of horse's neck) · bg грива (upper curve of horse's neck) · xal ширк (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · sv vågkam (ridge or top of a wave) · id jambak (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · de Haube (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · bg гребен (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · mk грива (upper curve of horse's neck) · it cresta (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · bg герб (heraldic bearing) · pl klejnot (heraldic bearing) · es penacho (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · la crista (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fr crête (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · hy գագաթ (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · mk креста (helm or head) · nl golftop (ridge or top of a wave) · fr cimier (heraldic bearing) · az pipik (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · fr crête (ridge or top of a wave) · ga curca (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · mi tūtūātanga (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · rup creastã (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · fur creste (animal’s or bird’s tuft) · sv krest (heraldic bearing) · ca carena (summit of a hill or mountain ridge) · de Zimir (heraldic bearing)