pesto
English
Etymology
1937, from Italian pesto, contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound in a mortar”). Cognate to pestle.[1]
Noun
pesto (usually uncountable, plural pestos)
Coordinate terms
Translations
an Italian sauce especially for pasta
References
- “pesto” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Esperanto
Finnish
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 | |
instructive | — | pestoin | |
abessive | pestotta | pestoitta | |
comitative | — | pestoineen |
Compounds
- pestokastike
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpes.to/, [ˈpes̪t̪o]
- Stress: pésto
- Hyphenation: pe‧sto
Etymology 1
Either from Late Latin pistus (“crushed”), from Latin pinsō (“to pound, to beat, to crush”), or a contraction of pestato, form of pestare (“to pound”, always from pistus).
Adjective
pesto (feminine singular pesta, masculine plural pesti, feminine plural peste)
- crushed, ground, beaten
- livid, bluish, black
- occhio pesto ― black eye
- pitch-dark, pitch-black
- buio pesto ― pitch darkness
Related terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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