Pest

Anlam (İngilizce)

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

Eş anlamlılar

Seuche

Pestilenz

schwarzer Tod

Gottgeißel

Epidemie

Plage

Pestseuche

Beulenpest

epidemische Krankheit

Schwarzer Tod

ansteckende Krankheit

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/pɛst/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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).