besto

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Bestie, Italian bestia, Latin bestia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbesto/
  • Hyphenation: bes‧to
  • Rhymes: -esto
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Noun

besto (accusative singular beston, plural bestoj, accusative plural bestojn)

  1. animal
    Synonym: animalo
  2. nonhuman animal
  3. beast

Usage notes

Since the very beginning of Esperanto, besto has meant any member of the animal kingdom, including humans. However, because many Esperanto speakers interpret it as meaning "non-human animal", animalo was coined to explicitly mean any animal including humans.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

besto

  1. simple past of bestå
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