pest

== English == === Etymology === 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 === (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɛst/ Rhymes: -ɛst === Noun === pest (plural pests) (now rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague. 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 ==== (creature): bug ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === EPTs, ESTP, PETs, STEP, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pets, sept, sept-, spet, step, step- == Danish == === Etymology === From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛst/, [pʰɛsd̥] === Noun === pest c (uncountable, singular definite pesten) (pathology) plague (figuratively) pestilence ==== Declension ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛst === Noun === pest f (uncountable, no diminutive) a plague, pest, pestilence a specific bovine plague an obnoxious person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: pest → Indonesian: pes → Japanese: ペスト (pesuto) → Papiamentu: peste === Verb === pest inflection of pesten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative === References === 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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛst/ === Noun === pest f (Arabic spelling پەست) pressure, oppression === References === 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 == === Etymology === From Latin pestis. === Noun === 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 ==== byllepest forpeste pestepidemi === References === “pest” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin pestis. === Noun === 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 ==== === References === “pest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęstь. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pêːst/ === Noun === pȇst f (Cyrillic spelling пе̑ст) (regional, literary) fist ==== Declension ==== == Slovene == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pęstь. First attested in the 16th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /péːst/ === Noun === pẹ̑st f (anatomy) fist ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== pésten == Swedish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin pestis. === Noun === pest c A plague A pest; something deeply annoying ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “pest”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “pest”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “pest”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Tocharian B == === Particle === pest a perfectivizing particle used with verbs