pester

English

Etymology

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛstɚ/, [ˈpʰɛstɚ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Verb

pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)

  1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

pester (plural pesters)

  1. A bother or nuisance.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Noun

pester m (plural pesters, diminutive pestertje n)

  1. person who annoys somebody else

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From peste +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛ.ste/

Verb

pester

  1. to rant, curse, fulminate

Conjugation
Conjugation of pester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle pestant
/pɛs.tɑ̃/
past participle pesté
/pɛs.te/
infinitive
simple pester
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple pestant
/pɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present peste
/pɛst/		 pestes
/pɛst/		 peste
/pɛst/		 pestons
/pɛs.tɔ̃/		 pestez
/pɛs.te/		 pestent
/pɛst/
imperfect pestais
/pɛs.tɛ/		 pestais
/pɛs.tɛ/		 pestait
/pɛs.tɛ/		 pestions
/pɛs.tjɔ̃/		 pestiez
/pɛs.tje/		 pestaient
/pɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 pestai
/pɛs.te/		 pestas
/pɛs.ta/		 pesta
/pɛs.ta/		 pestâmes
/pɛs.tam/		 pestâtes
/pɛs.tat/		 pestèrent
/pɛs.tɛʁ/
future pesterai
/pɛs.tə.ʁe/		 pesteras
/pɛs.tə.ʁa/		 pestera
/pɛs.tə.ʁa/		 pesterons
/pɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 pesterez
/pɛs.tə.ʁe/		 pesteront
/pɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pesterais
/pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 pesterais
/pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 pesterait
/pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 pesterions
/pɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 pesteriez
/pɛs.tə.ʁje/		 pesteraient
/pɛs.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present peste
/pɛst/		 pestes
/pɛst/		 peste
/pɛst/		 pestions
/pɛs.tjɔ̃/		 pestiez
/pɛs.tje/		 pestent
/pɛst/
imperfect2 pestasse
/pɛs.tas/		 pestasses
/pɛs.tas/		 pestât
/pɛs.ta/		 pestassions
/pɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/		 pestassiez
/pɛs.ta.sje/		 pestassent
/pɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — peste
/pɛst/		 — pestons
/pɛs.tɔ̃/		 pestez
/pɛs.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pester m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

pester m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of pest

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (“variegated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpèːstər/
  • Tonal orthography: pẹ́stər

Adjective

péster (comparative péstrejši, superlative nàjpéstrejši)

  1. colourful, variegated

Declension
Declension of péster (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative péster ind
péstri def		 péstra péstro
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim péstro péstro
genitive péstrega péstre péstrega
dative péstremu péstri péstremu
locative péstrem péstri péstrem
instrumental péstrim péstro péstrim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative péstra péstri péstri
accusative péstra péstri péstri
genitive péstrih péstrih péstrih
dative péstrima péstrima péstrima
locative péstrih péstrih péstrih
instrumental péstrima péstrima péstrima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative péstri péstre péstra
accusative péstre péstre péstra
genitive péstrih péstrih péstrih
dative péstrim péstrim péstrim
locative péstrih péstrih péstrih
instrumental péstrimi péstrimi péstrimi
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