pesticide

From pest +‎ -i- +‎ -cide.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/, /ˈpɛstəsaɪd/

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• (General American, Canada) enPR: pĕsʹtĭ-sīd', IPA^(key): /ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/, [ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd]

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• Hyphenation: pes‧ti‧cide

pesticide (countable and uncountable, plural pesticides)

1. Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
   • 1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:

     “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin).

   • 2001, David McConnell, The Good Earth: Companion Guide, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, →ISBN, page 1.12:

     Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff.

   • 2011, Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities, page 4:

     Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times, […]

   • 2013, Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening, →ISBN:

     Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pesticide.

• pest
• pesticidal
• fungicide
• germicide
• herbicide

• septicide

Borrowed, probably from English pesticide.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɛs.tiˈsi.də/

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• Hyphenation: pes‧ti‧ci‧de
• Rhymes: -idə

pesticide n (plural pesticides or pesticiden)

1. pesticide

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• pesticide on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From peste +‎ -i- +‎ -cide.

• IPA^(key): /pɛs.ti.sid/

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pesticide m (plural pesticides)

1. pesticide

   Hyponyms: herbicide, insecticide

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

pesticide

1. feminine plural of pesticida