Pest

Significat (Anglès)

1. (definite, feminine, usually) bubonic plague, the plague
2. (feminine, in-compounds) any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals
3. (feminine, figuratively) anything that negatively affects vast areas, especially a natural disaster
4. (feminine, figuratively, informal) anything terrible or odious

Conceptes

pesta

Sinònims

Seuche

Pestilenz

schwarzer Tod

Gottgeißel

Epidemie

Plage

Pestseuche

Beulenpest

epidemische Krankheit

Schwarzer Tod

ansteckende Krankheit

Traduccions

plague

peste

peste

pest

peste

pestilence

veba

peste

πανώλη

pestilencia

pestis

plaga

πανούκλα

Pest

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɛst/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de llatí: pestis

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: pestilencie

In summary

16th century, from Latin pestis, in part through Middle French peste. Popular shortening of Middle High German pestilencie (14th c.), from related Latin pestilentia, may also have contributed (though this is impossible to prove).