Pest

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  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

Έννοιες

πανώλη

πανούκλα

επιδημία

λοιμός

πανώλης

πανδημία

Συνώνυμα

Pestilenz

schwarzer Tod

Gottgeißel

Pestseuche

epidemische Krankheit

ansteckende Krankheit

Συχνότητα

C1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/pɛst/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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).

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes