pesto
English
Etymology
1937, from Italian pesto, from Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”). 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).
- 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 221:
- Inside the house, Paul is in the kitchen bent over a bowl of pesto: thick shiny basil leaves, machete-crushed garlic cloves, pine nuts, onions roasted till their gold edges blacken, and the bright scent of lemon zest.
Coordinate terms
Translations
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References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pesto”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- stope, potes, Topes, topes, estop, Petos, T pose, stoep, septo-, Poets, T-pose, poset, e-stop, ETOPS, Potes, poets
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto m (plural pestos)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto (accusative singular peston, plural pestoj, accusative plural pestojn)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
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. |
Derived terms
- compounds
Further reading
- “pesto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pistus (“crushed, pounded”), from Latin pīnsō (“to pound, beat, crush”), whose frequentative also gave Italian pestare (“to pound”).
Adjective
pesto (feminine 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
Noun
pesto m (plural pesti)
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pesto
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto n (indeclinable)
- pesto (Italian sauce especially for pasta)
Further reading
- pesto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pesto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto m (plural pestos)
Further reading
- “pesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English pesto, from Italian pesto.
Pronunciation
Noun
pesto m (uncountable)
Mutation
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peys-
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛstəʊ
- Rhymes:English/ɛstəʊ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Condiments
- en:Sauces
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/esto
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from Italian
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/esto
- Rhymes:Finnish/esto/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/esto
- Rhymes:Italian/esto/2 syllables
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- Italian terms with usage examples
- 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
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms borrowed from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Italian
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛstɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛstɔ/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Italy
- pl:Sauces
- Spanish terms borrowed from Italian
- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/esto
- Rhymes:Spanish/esto/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Sauces
- Welsh terms borrowed from English
- Welsh terms derived from English
- Welsh terms derived from Italian
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh nouns
- Welsh uncountable nouns
- Welsh masculine nouns
- cy:Condiments
- cy:Sauces