peste

Meaning

Noun

1. plague (disease)
2. (informal) brat
3. (informal) pest

Verb

1. inflection of pester:
2. inflection of pester:

Concepts

plague

pestilence

pest

horse

nuisance

scourge

epidemic

brat

blight

gymnastic horse

knight

infestation

blighter

cuss

gadfly

pesterer

bubonic plague

glandular plague

pestis bubonica

rats

varmint

Black Death

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛst/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pestis (“plague; pest”).

Sentences

Saint Roch était un saint supposé protéger les habitants de la peste .

Saint Roch was a saint supposed to protect the inhabitants from the plague.