peste — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pest noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
- pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
Senses
peste is used for these senses in English:
- pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- plague (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- plague (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
- plague A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- plague (figurative) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
pest — full definition
- noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
- noun An annoying person, especially one who keeps bothering others.