pesto

English

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Etymology

1937, from Italian pesto, contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound in a mortar”). Cognate to pestle.

Pronunciation

• US IPA: [ˈpɛstoʊ], UK IPA: [ˈpɛstəʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛstəʊ

Noun

pesto (usually uncountable; plural pestos)

1. A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually Pecorino)

Coordinate terms

• pistou

Translations

sauce especially for pasta

Chinese: Mandarin: 香蒜沙司 (cmn) (xiāngsuàn shāsī), 香蒜醬 (cmn), 香蒜酱 (cmn) (xiāngsuànjiàng)

Finnish: pesto (fi) French: pesto (fr) m.

Anagrams

• estop, ETOPS, poets, poset, stoep, stope, topes

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Finnish

Noun

pesto

1. pesto

Declension

Declension of pesto (type valo) singular plural nominative pesto pestot genitive peston pestojen partitive pestoa pestoja accusative pesto peston pestot inessive pestossa pestoissa elative pestosta pestoista illative pestoon pestoihin adessive pestolla pestoilla ablative pestolta pestoilta allative pestolle pestoille essive pestona pestoina translative pestoksi pestoiksi instructive – pestoin abessive pestotta pestoitta comitative – pestoineen

Compounds

• pestokastike

Anagrams

• pesot, petos, sepot, sopet

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Italian

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Etymology

Contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound in a mortar”), from Latin pīnsō (“pound, beat”).

Adjective

pesto m. (f. pesta, m plural pesti, f plural peste)

1. crushed, ground, beaten
2. black

   occhio pesto - black eye

3. pitch

   buio pesto - pitch darkness

Noun

pesto m. (plural pesti)

1. (foods) pesto

Related terms

• cartapesta
• pestare

Anagrams

• poste