pest

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see also: Pest

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /pɛst/

Noun

pest (plural pests)

1. (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
2. Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
3. An annoying person, a nuisance.
4. An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
5. An invasive weed.

Synonyms

• (creature) bug

Related terms

• garden pest
• pester
• pesting
• pesthole
• pesthouse
• pesticidal, pesticide
• pestiferous
• pestilence, pestilent, pestilential

Translations

• French: peste
• Portuguese: peste
• Russian: чума́
• Spanish: peste, pestilencia, epidemia

Translations

• French: peste
• Italian: parassita
• Portuguese: peste
• Russian: вреди́тель

Translations

• German: Nervensäge, Quälgeist
• Portuguese: peste
• Russian: вреди́тель
• Spanish: moscardón

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Pest

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛst/, /pɛʃt/

Proper noun

1. (historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

   cot en

2. cot en

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