Pest
English
Noun
Pest (plural Pests)- (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
- An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.
- An annoying person.
- (UK, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.
Thesaurus
nuisance, open wound, pandemia, pandemic, persecution, persecutor, pester, pesterer, pesthole, pestilence, pill, plague, plague spot, plaguer, pneumonic plague, premonitory plague, problem, proser, rot, running sore, rust, sadist, scourge, septicemic plague, siderating plague, smut, tease, teaser, thorn, torment, tormentor, trial, trouble, tuberculosis, twaddler, vexation, vexatiousness, visitation, wet blanket, white plague, woe, worm, worriment, worry, affliction, aggravation, ambulatory plague, annoyance, annoyer, bad news, badgerer, bane, bedevilment, besetment, black death, black plague, blast, blight, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, bubonic plague, bugbear, bully, burden, buttonholer, calamity, cancer, canker, cellulocutaneous plague, crashing bore, crushing burden, curse, death, defervescing plague, destruction, devilment, difficulty, disease, dogging, downer, drag, drip, dry rot, dryasdust, dusty, epidemic, epiphytotic, epizootic, evil, exasperation, flat tire, frightful bore, fungus, gadfly, glandular plague, grievance, harasser, harassment, harm, harrier, harrying, headache, heckler, hemorrhagic plague, hounding, humdrum, infliction, irritant, larval plague, mildew, mold, molestation, moth, moth and rust, murrain, must, nag, nemesis, nudnik, nudzh,
Etymology
From Middle French peste (=modern French), from Latin pestis
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛst
Synonyms
- (creature) bug
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Croatian
Noun
Pest f (plural pesti)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pest | pesti |
| genitive | pesti | pesti |
| dative | pesti | pestima |
| accusative | pest | pesti |
| vocative | pesti | pesti |
| locative | pesti | pestima |
| instrumental | pešću / pesti | pestima |
Danish
Noun
Pest c. (uncountable, singular definite pesten)
Etymology
From French peste, from Latin pestis (“disease, plague, pest, destruction”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɛst/, [pʰɛsd̥]
Dutch
Noun
Pest c. (uncountable)
Derived terms
- pestbacil m.
- pestblaar m. and f.
- pestbuil m. and f.
- pestepidemie f.
- pesten (verb)
- pester m.
- pesterij f.
- pestgeval n.
- pestgezwel n.
- pesthaard m.
- pesthol n.
- pesthuis n.
- pestkop m.
- pestlijder m.
- pestlucht m. and f.
- pestilent
- pestvent m.
- pestvogel m.
- pestziek
Verb
Pest
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of pesten.
- imperative of pesten.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛst
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Slovene
Noun
pést f. (dual pesti, plural pesti)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /peːst/
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic пѧсть. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian пест/pest, Slovak päsť, Russian пясть (“middle part of the hand”) and запястье, dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) пестник, песник, пестница. Compare, Ancient Greek πυγμή, Old High German fust ( > German Faust).
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Swedish
Noun
Pest c.
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