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From Old French beste (French: bête), from Latin bēstia (“animal, beast”); many cognates – see bestia#Descendants.
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beast (plural beasts)
- Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates.
- A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
- A large and impressive automobile
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non-human animal
- Albanian: bishë (sq) n.
- Arabic: وحش (ar) (waHsh) m.
- Armenian: կենդանի (hy) (kendani), (wild) գազան (hy) (gazan)
- Bulgarian: животно (bg), звяр (bg)
- Catalan: bèstia f., fera (ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 四足獸 (zh), 四足兽 (zh) (sì zú shòu), 獸 (zh), 兽 (zh) (shòu), 禽獸 (zh), 禽兽 (zh) (qínshòu)
- Croatian: zvijer (hr) f.
- Czech: zvíře (cs) n., bestie (cs) f.
- Dutch: beest (nl) n.
- Esperanto: besto (eo)
- Finnish: eläin, selkärankainen (vertebrate), pontso (fi)
- French: bête (fr) f.
- German: Tier (de) n., Bestie (de) f.
- Greek: τέρας (el) (téras) n., θηρίο (el) (thirío) n.
- Haitian Creole: bèt
- Hebrew: בהמה (behema) f.
- Ido: bestio
- Irish: beithíoch (ga) m.
- Italian: bestia (it) f.
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- Japanese: wild beast: 野獣 (ja) (やじゅう, yajyū), savage beast: 猛獣 (ja) (もうじゅう, mōjyū), 獣 (ja) (けもの, kemono)
- Latin: bestia (la), bestia (la) f., fera (la) f.
- Latvian: plēsonis, zvērs (lv) m.
- Middle French: beste
- Old Church Slavonic: звѣрь (zvěrĭ) m.
- Old French: beste
- Polish: zwierzę (pl) n., bestia (pl) f.
- Portuguese: fera (pt) f., besta (pt) f.
- Romanian: bestie (ro), fiară (ro)
- Russian: зверь (ru) (zver’) m., животное (ru) (živótnoje) n., тварь (ru) (tvar') f., бестия (ru) (béstija) f.
- Scottish Gaelic: ainmhidh (gd) m., beathach (gd) m.
- Serbian: zver f., čudovište n., životinja f., zverka f.
- Slovak: zviera (sk) n.
- Slovene: zver (sl) f.
- Spanish: bestia (es) f.
- Swedish: best (sv) c.
- Telugu: జంతువు (jaMtuvu)
- Volapük: nim (vo), lunim (vo), bestaf (vo)
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violent/antisocial person
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- Hebrew: בהמה (behema) f.
- Indonesian: buas (id)
- Japanese: 獣 (ja) (けもの, kemono), けだもの (ja) (kedamono)
- Latin: bestia (la) f., ferus (la)
- Polish: bestia f., bydlak m., bydlę n.
- Portuguese: fera (pt) f., besta (pt) f.
- Russian: монстр (ru) (monstr) m., зверь (ru) (zver’) m., чудовище (ru) (čudóvišče) n., скотина (ru) (skotína) f.
- Slovene: zver (sl) f., zverina (sl) f.
- Spanish: bestia (es) f., animal (es) m., salvaje (es) m. and f.
- Telugu: పశువు (paSuvu)
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terms derived from beast (noun)
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terms related to beast (noun)
beast (third-person singular simple present beasts, present participle beasting, simple past and past participle beasted)
- (UK, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
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