bèstia
Catalan
Alternative forms
- bístia (obsolete, or, dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], probably borrowed from Latin bēstia (“beast”).
Noun
bèstia f (plural bèsties)
- animal
- beast (any land mammal):
- beast of burden
- (figuratively) beast (an antisocial person):
Derived 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.
- “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]
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