pesto
English
Etymology
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1937, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian pesto, contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound in a mortar”). Cognate to pestle.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)
- A sauce, especially for pasta, originating from the Genoa region in Italy, made from basil, garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and cheese (usually pecorino)
Coordinate terms
Translations
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pesto”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- ETOPS, Poets, Potes, T pose, T-pose, Topes, e-stop, estop, poets, poset, potes, septo-, stoep, stope, topes
Catalan
Noun
pesto m (plural pestos)
Esperanto
Noun
pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)
Finnish
Noun
pesto
Declension
Inflection of pesto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pesto | pestot | ||
genitive | peston | pestojen | ||
partitive | pestoa | pestoja | ||
illative | pestoon | pestoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pesto | pestot | ||
accusative | nom. | pesto | pestot | |
gen. | peston | |||
genitive | peston | pestojen | ||
partitive | pestoa | pestoja | ||
inessive | pestossa | pestoissa | ||
elative | pestosta | pestoista | ||
illative | pestoon | pestoihin | ||
adessive | pestolla | pestoilla | ||
ablative | pestolta | pestoilta | ||
allative | pestolle | pestoille | ||
essive | pestona | pestoina | ||
translative | pestoksi | pestoiksi | ||
abessive | pestotta | pestoitta | ||
instructive | — | pestoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Either from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. pistus (“crushed”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pinsō (“to pound, to beat, to crush”), or a contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound”, always from pistus).
Adjective
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- crushed, ground, beaten
- livid, bluish, black
- occhio pesto ― black eye
- pitch-dark, pitch-black
- buio pesto ― pitch darkness
Related terms
Noun
pesto m (plural pesti)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pesto
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto m (plural pestos)
- English terms derived from Italian
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛstəʊ
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Condiments
- en:Sauces
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms with usage examples
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Cooking
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- it:Foods
- it:Pasta
- it:Condiments
- it:Sauces
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Sauces