peste

• péste (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German bezzist, from Old High German bezzisto, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz (“best”). Cognate with German beste, English best.

peste

1. superlative degree of guat

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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peste

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of pesten

• peest, speet, spete

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

• IPA^(key): /pɛst/

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

peste f (plural pestes)

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

   Synonym: chipie

3. (informal, of a girl) pest

peste

1. (dated) wow, oh my God, holy shit (an exclamation denoting surprise or astonishment)
   • Le marchand. - Peste ! peste ! comme vous y allez ! - (Alfred de Musset, Lorenzaccio, acte I, scène 2, 1834)
   • Peste !, s'écria Corcoran, vous êtes expéditif, seigneur Holkar. - (Alfred Assolant, Aventures merveilleuses mais authentiques du capitaine Corcoran, 1867)
   • Peste !, monsieur l'amiral est donc nécromant, pour savoir ainsi ce qui se fait à trente ou quarante lieues de distance ! - (Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, 1845, volume I, chapitre III)
   • « Encore une robe neuve ? s'étonnait-il. Peste, Madame ! » - (Colette, Sido, 1930, Fayard, page 70)
   • Charlie ! dit le colonel Gregor, dont les pauvres yeux s'évertuaient à me mendier un sourire, peste ! On vous appelle déjà par votre prénom. - (Pierre Benoit, Le Soleil de minuit, Albin Michel, 1930, réédition Le Livre de Poche, page 147)

peste

1. inflection of pester:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “peste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• pètes, pétés

Borrowed from Latin pestis (“plague; pest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛste
• Hyphenation: pè‧ste

peste f (plural pesti)

1. (pathology) plague

   Guerra, peste e carestia, vanno sempre in compagnia.

   War, plague and famine always accompany each other.

2. (figurative) pest, nuisance (person)
3. (figurative) urchin (mischievous child)
4. (figurative) stench, unbearable smell

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.te/
• Rhymes: -este
• Hyphenation: pé‧ste

peste

1. feminine plural of pesto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.te/
• Rhymes: -este
• Hyphenation: pé‧ste

peste

1. plural of pesta (“footprint”)

peste

1. ablative singular of pestis

From Latin pestis (“plague; pest”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛst͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛʃtɨ
• Hyphenation: pes‧te

peste f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. contagious disease
3. annoying person

• → Tetum: peste

• “peste”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “peste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• preste — archaic

Compound of pre +‎ spre, possibly directly from Latin per (“through, along”) super (“above”). Was probably influenced or confused with per extra. Compare Aromanian pisti, pristi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.te/

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peste (+accusative)

1. over

• pe

• deasupra

Borrowed from Latin pestis (“plague, pest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeste/ [ˈpes.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: pes‧te

peste f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. contagious disease
3. reek, unpleasant or repulsive smell

• → Cebuano: pisti
• → Tagalog: peste

• “peste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrower from Spanish peste, from Latin pestis.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpeste/ [ˈpɛs.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -este
• Syllabification: pes‧te

peste (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. (vulgar, of a person) annoying

peste (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. pest; plague; pestilence

   Synonyms: salot, epidemya

2. pest; vermin (destructive insect or small animal)

   Synonym: salot

3. (vulgar) pest; vermin (obnoxious person)

   Synonyms: asungot, buwisit, sakit sa ulo, salot

• mameste
• pestehin

• hayop