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{{also|Pest}}
==English==

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{originally}} A [[plague]], [[pestilence]], epidemic
# An [[annoy]]ing, [[harmful]], often [[destructive]] creature.
# An [[annoy]]ing person.
# {{British|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 {{etyl|frm}} [[peste]] (=modern French), from {{etyl|la}} [[pestis]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|ɛst}}

===Synonyms===
* (''creature'') [[bug]]

===Related terms===
* [[pesthole]]
* [[pesthouse]]
* [[pesticidal]], [[pesticide]]
* [[pestiferous]]
* [[pestilence]], [[pestilent]], [[pestilential]]

==Translations==
{{trans-top|plague}}
* [[Catalan]]: {{t-|ca|pesta|f}}, {{t-|ca|plaga|f}}
* Dutch: {{t-|nl|pest}}, {{t+|nl|plaag}}
{{trans-mid}}
* French: {{t+|fr|peste}}
* [[Walloon]]: {{t|wa|pesse}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|annoying creature}}
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|štetočina|f|alt=štetòčina}}, {{t|hr|štetnik|m|alt=štȅtnīk}}
* Danish: {{t|da|skadedyr}}
* Dutch: {{t-|nl|pest}}, {{t+|nl|plaag}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|tuhoeläin}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|szkodnik|m}}
* [[Volapük]]: {{t|vo|minimil}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|annoying person}}
* Croatian: {{t|hr|dosadnjaković|m|alt=dosadnjáković}}, {{t|hr|dosadnjak|m|alt=dosàdnjāk}}
* Danish: {{t|da|plage}}, {{t|da|plageånd}}, {{t|da|pestilens}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lastpak|n}}
* Finnish: [[maanvaiva]], [[kiusankappale]], [[kiusanhenki]]
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* [[pets#English|pets]]
* [[sept#English|sept]], [[Sept.#English|Sept.]]
* [[step#English|step]]

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==Croatian==

====Noun====
{{hr-noun|g=f|pesti}}

# [[fist]]

====Declension====
{{hr-decl-noun
|pest|pesti
|pesti|pesti
|pesti|pestima
|pest|pesti
|pesti|pesti
|pesti|pestima
|pešću / pesti|pestima
}}

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==Danish==

====Noun====
{{infl|da|noun|g=c|[[Appendix:Glossary#uncountable|uncountable]]||singular definite|pesten}}

# {{disease|lang=da}} [[plague]]
# {{figuratively|lang=da}} [[pestilence]]

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|fr|da}} {{term|peste|lang=fr}}, from {{etyl|la|da}} {{term|pestis||disease, plague, pest, destruction|lang=la}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/pɛst/|[pʰɛsd̥]|lang=da}}

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==Dutch==

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|g=c|-|-}}

# A [[plague]], pest, pestilence.
# A specific bovine plague
# An [[obnoxious]] person

===Derived terms===
* [[pestbacil]] {{m}}
* [[pestblaar]] {{m|f}}
* [[pestbuil]] {{m|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|f}}
* [[pestilent]]
* [[pestvent]] {{m}}
* [[pestvogel]] {{m}}
* [[pestziek]]

====Verb====
{{infl|nl}}

# {{nl-verb-form|p=123|n=sg|t=pres|m=ind|pesten}}
# {{nl-verb-form|m=imp|pesten}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|ɛst|lang=nl}}

===References===
* {{R:Koenen}}

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==Slovene==

====Noun====
{{sl-noun|f|pesti|pesti|sg=pést}}

# {{anatomy|lang=sl}} [[fist]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/peːst/|lang=sl}}

===Etymology===
From {{etyl|cu|sl}} {{term|пѧсть|sc=Cyrl}}. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian {{term|пест|lang=sh}}/{{term|pest|lang=sh}}, Slovak {{term|päsť|lang=sh}}, Russian {{term|пясть||middle part of the hand|lang=ru}} and {{term|запястье||lang=ru}}, dialectal Bulgarian (Western dialects) {{term|пестник|lang=bg}}, {{term|песник|lang=bg}}, {{term|пестница|lang=bg}}. Compare, Ancient Greek {{term|πυγμή|sc=polytonic}}, Old High German {{term|fust|lang=goh}} ( > German {{term|Faust|lang=de}}).

===Derived terms===
* {{l|sl|pesten|pésten}}

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==Swedish==

====Noun====
{{sv-noun|g=c}}

# A [[plague]]
# A [[#English|pest]]; something deeply annoying

===Related terms===
* [[pest och pina]]
* [[välja mellan pest och kolera]]