bèstia

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See also: bestia, Bestia, and bestią

Catalan

Alternative forms

bístia (obsolete or dialectal)

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 147: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛs.ti.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛs.ti.a]

Adjective

bèstia m or f (masculine and feminine plural bèsties)

stupid; irrational

Noun

bèstia f (plural bèsties)

animal
beast (any land mammal):
beast of burden
(figuratively) beast (an antisocial person):

Derived terms

bèstia negra

Related terms

Further reading

“bèstia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“bèstia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“bèstia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“bèstia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbɛst.jo]

Noun

bèstia f (plural bèstias)

beast, animal

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