pesto
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). Cognate to pestle.[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)
- A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino)
Coordinate termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
an Italian sauce especially for pasta
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ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
- ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes
CatalanEdit
NounEdit
pesto m (plural pestos)
EsperantoEdit
NounEdit
pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
pesto
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of pesto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pesto | pestot | |
genitive | peston | pestojen | |
partitive | pestoa | pestoja | |
illative | pestoon | pestoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pesto | pestot | |
accusative | nom. | pesto | pestot |
gen. | peston | ||
genitive | peston | pestojen | |
partitive | pestoa | pestoja | |
inessive | pestossa | pestoissa | |
elative | pestosta | pestoista | |
illative | pestoon | pestoihin | |
adessive | pestolla | pestoilla | |
ablative | pestolta | pestoilta | |
allative | pestolle | pestoille | |
essive | pestona | pestoina | |
translative | pestoksi | pestoiksi | |
instructive | — | pestoin | |
abessive | pestotta | pestoitta | |
comitative | — | pestoineen |
Possessive forms of pesto (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | pestoni | pestomme |
2nd person | pestosi | pestonne |
3rd person | pestonsa |
CompoundsEdit
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).
AdjectiveEdit
pesto (feminine singular pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)
- crushed, ground, beaten
- livid, bluish, black
- occhio pesto ― black eye
- pitch-dark, pitch-black
- buio pesto ― pitch darkness
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
pesto m (plural pesti)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
pesto
AnagramsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pesto n (indeclinable)
Further readingEdit
- pesto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pesto m (plural pestos)
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pesto m (uncountable)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
pesto | besto | mhesto | phesto |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |