pest
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French peste (whence French peste), ultimately from Latin pestis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pest (plural pests)
- (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
- An destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
- An invasive weed.
SynonymsEdit
- (creature): bug
Related termsEdit
- pester
- pesting
- pesthole
- pesthouse
- pesticidal, pesticide
- pestiferous
- pestilence, pestilent, pestilential
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AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pest c (uncountable, singular definite pesten)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pest f (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
pest
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of pesten
- imperative of pesten
ReferencesEdit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
pest f, 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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “pest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “pest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *pęstь
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pȇst f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑ст)
DeclensionEdit
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈpéːst/
- Tonal orthography: pẹ̑st
NounEdit
pést f (genitive pestí, nominative plural pestí)