Pest — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛst/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛst/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛst/

1 syllable Say it as /pˈɛst/.

Examples

he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests
many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

blighter cuss gadfly pestis plague pestilence pesterer

Parts of Speech

noun	a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
noun	any epidemic disease with a high death rate
noun	a persistently annoying person
noun	any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. “he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests”

Word Forms

plague	verb	cause to suffer a blight
plaguey	adjective	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift
pestilential	adjective	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift
pestilent	adjective	likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift
pester	verb	annoy persistently

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

ravageur

une infection grave (parfois mortelle) des rongeurs causée par Yersinia pestis et transmise accidentellement à l'homme par la piqûre d'une puce ayant mordu un animal infecté

🇪🇸Spanish

parásito

una infección grave (a veces mortal) de roedores causada por Yersinia pestis y transmitida accidentalmente a los humanos por la picadura de una pulga que ha mordido a un animal infectado

🇮🇹Italian

parassita

un'infezione grave (a volte fatale) dei roditori causata da Yersinia pestis e trasmessa accidentalmente all'uomo dal morso di una pulce che ha morso un animale infetto

🇳🇱Dutch

plaag

een ernstige (soms fatale) infectie van knaagdieren veroorzaakt door Yersinia pestis en per ongeluk op mensen overgedragen door de beet van een vlo die een besmet dier heeft gebeten

🇵🇹Portuguese

praga

uma infecção grave (às vezes fatal) de roedores causada por Yersinia pestis e transmitida acidentalmente aos seres humanos pela picada de uma pulga que picou um animal infectado

🇷🇺Russian

вредитель

серьезная (иногда смертельная) инфекция грызунов, вызываемая Yersinia pestis и случайно передающаяся человеку при укусе блохи, укусившей зараженное животное

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कीट

यर्सिनिया पेस्टिस के कारण कृंतकों का एक गंभीर (कभी-कभी घातक) संक्रमण और एक संक्रमित जानवर को काटने वाले पिस्सू के काटने से गलती से मनुष्यों में फैल जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

কীট

🇮🇳Tamil

பூச்சி

யெர்சினியா பெஸ்டிஸால் ஏற்படும் கொறித்துண்ணிகளின் தீவிரமான (சில நேரங்களில் ஆபத்தான) தொற்று மற்றும் பாதிக்கப்பட்ட விலங்கைக் கடித்த பிளே கடித்தால் தற்செயலாக மனிதர்களுக்கு பரவுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

చీడపురుగు

🇮🇳Marathi

कीटक

येर्सिनिया पेस्टिसमुळे होणारा उंदीरांचा गंभीर (कधीकधी प्राणघातक) संसर्ग आणि एखाद्या संक्रमित प्राण्याला चावलेल्या पिसूच्या चाव्याव्दारे चुकून मानवांमध्ये संक्रमित होतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

જંતુ

યર્સિનિયા પેસ્ટિસ દ્વારા થતા ઉંદરોનો ગંભીર (ક્યારેક જીવલેણ) ચેપ અને ચેપગ્રસ્ત પ્રાણીને કરડેલા ચાંચડના કરડવાથી આકસ્મિક રીતે મનુષ્યમાં ફેલાય છે.

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೀಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കീടനാശിനി

യെർസിനിയ പെസ്റ്റിസ് മൂലമുണ്ടാകുന്ന എലികളുടെ ഗുരുതരമായ (ചിലപ്പോൾ മാരകമായ) അണുബാധയും രോഗബാധിതനായ ഒരു മൃഗത്തെ കടിച്ച ഈച്ചയുടെ കടിയാൽ ആകസ്മികമായി മനുഷ്യരിലേക്ക് പകരുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੀੜੇ

ਚੂਹਿਆਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਗੰਭੀਰ (ਕਈ ਵਾਰ ਘਾਤਕ) ਸੰਕਰਮਣ ਯਰਸੀਨੀਆ ਪੈਸਟਿਸ ਕਾਰਨ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਇੱਕ ਸੰਕਰਮਿਤ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਨੂੰ ਕੱਟਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਪਿੱਸੂ ਦੇ ਕੱਟਣ ਨਾਲ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੰਚਾਰਿਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।

🇵🇰Urdu

کیڑے

چوہوں کا ایک سنگین (بعض اوقات مہلک) انفیکشن Yersinia pestis کی وجہ سے ہوتا ہے اور حادثاتی طور پر ایک پسو کے کاٹنے سے انسانوں میں منتقل ہوتا ہے جس نے ایک متاثرہ جانور کو کاٹا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

害虫

🇯🇵Japanese

害虫

ペスト菌によって引き起こされ、感染した動物を噛んだノミの咬傷によって誤って人間に伝染する、げっ歯類の重篤な（時には致命的な）感染症

🇰🇷Korean

해충

예르시니아 페스티스(Yersinia pestis)에 의해 발생하고 감염된 동물을 물린 벼룩에 물려 실수로 인간에게 전염되는 심각한(때때로 치명적인) 설치류 감염

🇻🇳Vietnamese

côn trùng gây hại

một bệnh nhiễm trùng nghiêm trọng (đôi khi gây tử vong) ở loài gặm nhấm do Yersinia pestis gây ra và vô tình truyền sang người qua vết cắn của bọ chét đã cắn động vật bị nhiễm bệnh

🇹🇭Thai

ศัตรูพืช

🇮🇩Indonesian

hama

infeksi serius (terkadang fatal) pada hewan pengerat yang disebabkan oleh Yersinia pestis dan secara tidak sengaja ditularkan ke manusia melalui gigitan kutu yang menggigit hewan yang terinfeksi

🇵🇭Filipino

peste

isang malubhang (minsan nakamamatay) impeksyon ng mga daga na dulot ng Yersinia pestis at aksidenteng naililipat sa mga tao sa pamamagitan ng kagat ng isang pulgas na nakagat ng isang nahawaang hayop

🇲🇾Malay

perosak

jangkitan serius (kadang-kadang maut) tikus yang disebabkan oleh Yersinia pestis dan secara tidak sengaja dihantar kepada manusia melalui gigitan kutu yang telah menggigit haiwan yang dijangkiti

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الآفات

عدوى خطيرة (مميتة في بعض الأحيان) للقوارض تسببها يرسينيا بيستيس وتنتقل عن طريق الخطأ إلى البشر عن طريق لدغة برغوث عض حيوانًا مصابًا

🇮🇷Persian

آفت

عفونت جدی (گاهی کشنده) جوندگان ناشی از Yersinia pestis و به طور تصادفی توسط نیش ککی که حیوان آلوده را گاز گرفته است به انسان منتقل می شود.

🇹🇷Turkish

zararlı

Yersinia pestis'in neden olduğu ve enfekte bir hayvanı ısıran bir pirenin ısırması yoluyla kazara insanlara bulaşan ciddi (bazen ölümcül) kemirgen enfeksiyonu

🇮🇱Hebrew

טַרדָן

זיהום חמור (לעיתים קטלני) של מכרסמים שנגרם על ידי Yersinia pestis ומועבר בטעות לבני אדם על ידי נשיכת פרעוש שנשך בעל חיים נגוע

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