ペスト
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See also: ベスト
Contents
Japanese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowing from German Pest.[4][1][5][2]
Noun[edit]
ペスト (romaji pesuto)
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of ペスト・ジェノヴェーゼ (pesuto jenovēze), from Italian pesto alla genovese.
Noun[edit]
ペスト (romaji pesuto)
- (food) pesto (Italian sauce)
Etymology 3[edit]
Borrowing from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest.
A borrowing directly from Hungarian is extremely unlikely, as the Hungarian pronunciation of /pɛʃt/ would result in a Japanese rendering of ペシュト (peshuto) instead.
Alternative forms[edit]
- ペシュト (Peshuto)
Proper noun[edit]
ペスト (romaji Pesuto)
Etymology 4[edit]
Borrowing from French peste, from the title of the 1947 novel La Peste by Albert Camus.[1][5]
Proper noun[edit]
ペスト (romaji Pesuto)
- The Plague, original title La Peste, a novel by Albert Camus
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
- ^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
- ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
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