pest
English edit
Etymology edit
In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest (plural pests)
- (now rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
- 2020 March 24, Qing Zhu, Zhang Ming, “Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, China Faces Plague of Locusts”, in Minghui[1]:
- From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, pests and famines are reflections of the current administration’s lack of moral values and deviation from divine will. The head of the administration (the emperor in the past) would then issue an edict to sincerely repent and correct his wrongdoings.
- Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- An invasive weed.
Synonyms edit
- (creature): bug
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- pester
- pesting
- pesthole
- pesthouse
- pesticidal, pesticide
- pestiferous
- pestilence, pestilent, pestilential
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Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest c (uncountable, singular definite pesten)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest f (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Verb edit
pest
- inflection of pesten:
References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Northern Kurdish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pest f (Arabic spelling پەست)
References edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “pest”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[2], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 442
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pest f or m (definite singular pesta or pesten, indefinite plural pester, definite plural pestene)
- a plague
- sky (noe/noen) som pesten - avoid (something/someone) like the plague
- velge mellom pest og kolera - choose the lesser of two evils
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “pest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pest m (definite singular pesten, indefinite plural pestar, definite plural pestane)
pest f (definite singular pesta, indefinite plural pester, definite plural pestene)
- a plague
- sky (noko/nokon) som pesten - avoid (something/someone) like the plague
- velje mellom pest og kolera - choose the lesser of two evils
Derived terms edit
- byllepest
- forpeste
- harepest
- musepest
- pestepidemi
- Pesta (“humanoid personification of the plague”)
- tinnpest
References edit
- “pest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęstь.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȇst f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑ст)
Declension edit
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *pęstь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пест, pest, Slovak päsť, Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “middle part of the hand”) and запя́стье (zapjástʹje), dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) пестник (pestnik), песник (pesnik), пестница (pestnica). Compare Ancient Greek πυγμή (pugmḗ), English fist, German Faust.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pẹ̑st f
Inflection edit
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent | |||
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nom. sing. | pést | ||
gen. sing. | pestí | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pést | pestí | pestí |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
pestí | pestí | pestí |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
pêsti | pestéma | pestém |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pést | pestí | pestí |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
pêsti | pestéh | pestéh |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
pestjó | pestéma | pestmí |
Derived terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pest c
Derived terms edit
References edit
Tocharian B edit
Particle edit
pest
- a perfectivizing particle used with verbs
- English terms borrowed from Middle French
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛst
- Rhymes:English/ɛst/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with rare senses
- English terms with quotations
- Danish terms derived from French
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Diseases
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛst
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛst/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Northern Kurdish 1-syllable words
- Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Kurdish lemmas
- Northern Kurdish nouns
- Northern Kurdish feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- nb:Diseases
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Diseases
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Regional Serbo-Croatian
- Serbo-Croatian literary terms
- Slovene terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Slovene 1-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene nouns
- Slovene feminine nouns
- sl:Anatomy
- Slovene feminine i-stem nouns
- Slovene feminine i-stem nouns with long mixed accent
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Tocharian B lemmas
- Tocharian B particles