fester

English

Etymology

From Old French festre, from Latin fistula

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstə(r)

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Verb

fester (third-person singular simple present festers, present participle festering, simple past and past participle festered)

1. To become septic; to become rotten.
2. To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.

   Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester.

3. To cause to fester or rankle.
   • Marston

     For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, / And fester'd rankling malice in my breast.

Translations

become septic or rotten

• Arabic: تقيح (ar) (taqayyaHa)
• Bulgarian: загноявам (bg) (zagnojavam), забирам (bg) (zabiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 化膿 (cmn), 化脓 (cmn) (huànóng), 潰爛 (cmn), 溃烂 (cmn) (kuìlàn)

• Czech: hnisat (cs)
• French: suppurer (fr)

• German: eitern (de)
• Italian: infettarsi (it)
• Japanese: 化膿する (ja) (かのうする, kanō-surú), 爛れる (ja), ただれる (ja) (tadareru)
• Maori: tongako (mi)
• Polish: zaognić się (pl)
• Romanian: supura (ro), puroia (ro)
• Russian: гноиться (ru) (gnoítʹsja) 
• Scottish Gaelic: at (gd)

To worsen, especially due to lack of attention

• Russian: усугубляться (ru) (usugubljátʹsja) 

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Danish

Noun

fester c

1. plural indefinite of fest

Verb

fester

1. present of feste

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛstɐ

Adjective

fester

1. inflected form of fest

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Swedish

Noun

fester

1. indefinite plural of fest