pest — sb., en … Dansk ordbog
Pest — may refer to: *Pest, an archaic term for pestilence, originally the Black Death *Pest (hockey), an ice hockey player specialising in aggravating opponents *Pest (music), a British music group *Pest (organism), an undesirable animal or insect… … Wikipedia
Pest — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pest (pronunciado /ˈpɛʃt/; en eslovaco: Pešť; en croata: Pešta; en serbio: Пешта) es la parte más oriental, principalmente llana, de la ciudad de Budapest (Hungría), de cuya extensión total ocupa aproximadamente dos… … Wikipedia Español
pest — /pest/, n. 1. an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance. 2. an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc. 3. a deadly epidemic disease, esp. a plague; pestilence. [1545 55; < L pestis… … Universalium
Pest — /pest/; Hung. /pesht/, n. See under Budapest. * * * Any organism, usually an animal, judged as a threat to humans. Most pests either compete with humans for natural resources or transmit disease to humans, their crops, or their livestock.… … Universalium
Pest — Pest, n. [L. pestis: cf. F. peste.] 1. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague. [1913 Webster] England s sufferings by that scourge, the pest. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pest — Pest. Der Orient und die heiße Zone, so unendlich reich an herrlichen Geschenken der verschwenderisch gütigen Natur, sind auf der andern Seite die Erzeuger verderblicher Krankheits Gifte, die durch eine uns unergründliche Zusammenwirkung… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Pest — Sf std. (14. Jh., Form 16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Wie in anderen europäischen Sprachen; zuvor mhd. pestilenz, pestilencie m./f. Entlehnt aus l. pestilentia, das auf l. pestis Seuche, Unglück zurückgeht. Ebenso nndl. pest, ne. pestilence, nfrz. peste … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
pest — pȇst ž <D L i, I sti/ šću, G mn péstī> DEFINICIJA jez. knjiž. reg., v. pesnica FRAZEOLOGIJA dati pest (komu) udariti šakom ONOMASTIKA pr. (nadimačka): Pȇst (I Slavonija), Pèstāk (Pokuplje), Péstić (110, Zadar) ETIMOLOGIJA prasl. *pęstь (rus … Hrvatski jezični portal
pest|y — «PEHS tee», adjective, pest|i|er, pest|i|est. 1. like a pest; pestiferous: »Ants were particularly pesty last year (New York Times). 2. ful … Useful english dictionary