bestie

See also: Bestie and bestię

English

Etymology

best (friend) +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛsti/
• Rhymes: -ɛsti

Noun

bestie (plural besties)

1. (informal) best friend
   • 2007, Brigid Lowry, Things You Either Hate Or Love:

     You're supposed to be my bestie, Mel. We used to tell each other everything. So what's this Toby secret you can't tell me?

   • 2008, Julie Kraut, Shallon Lester, Hot Mess: Summer in the City

     Even back then, a party just wasn't a party without my bestie, and I was miserable for the last eight frames.

   • 2009, Keleigh Crigler Hadley, Preacher:

     On the way home, I got a joke text from my bestie.

Anagrams

• beties, bitees, bêtise

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Danish

Etymology

From German Bestie, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Noun

bestie n (singular definite bestiet, plural indefinite bestier)

1. beast (a cruel and violent being or creature)

Inflection

Declension of bestie

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bestie	bestiet	bestier	bestierne
genitive	besties	bestiets	bestiers	bestiernes

Synonyms

• udyr
• uhyre

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Italian

Noun

bestie f

1. plural of bestia

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Polish

Noun

bestie

1. nominative plural of bestia
2. accusative plural of bestia
3. vocative plural of bestia

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bestia, Latin bestia (19th century).

Noun

bestie f (plural bestii)

1. beast, wild animal

Synonyms

• fiară

Related terms

• bestial

See also

• animal
• vietate

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Venetian

Noun

bestie

1. plural of bestia