Pest
Meaning
- (definite, feminine, usually) bubonic plague, the plague
- (feminine, in-compounds) any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals
- (feminine, figuratively) anything that negatively affects vast areas, especially a natural disaster
- (feminine, figuratively, informal) anything terrible or odious
Concepts
black death
black plague
Synonyms
Pestilenz
schwarzer Tod
Gottgeißel
Pestseuche
epidemische Krankheit
ansteckende Krankheit
Translations
peste
peste
pest
peste
veba
peste
πανώλη
pestis
pestaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛst/
Etymology
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).
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