ペスト

ペスト

See also: ベスト

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ペ​スト [péꜜsùtò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [pe̞sɨ̥ᵝto̞]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pest.[4][1][5][2]

Noun

ペスト • (pesuto) 

1. (medicine, pathology) plague

Etymology 2

Shortening of ペスト・ジェノヴェーゼ (pesuto jenovēze), from Italian pesto alla genovese.

Noun

ペスト • (pesuto) 

1. (food) pesto (Italian sauce)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest.

A borrowing directly from Hungarian is extremely unlikely, as the Hungarian pronunciation of /pɛʃt/ would result in a Japanese rendering of ペシュト (peshuto) instead.

Alternative forms

• ペシュト (Peshuto)

Proper noun

ペスト • (Pesuto) 

1. Pest, the eastern half of the city of Budapest

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French peste, from the title of the 1947 novel La Peste by Albert Camus.[1][5]

Proper noun

ペスト • (Pesuto) 

1. The Plague, original title La Peste, a novel by Albert Camus

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
4. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
5. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN