Japanese

Noun

ペスト ‎(romaji pesuto)

1. (medicine, pathology) plague

Etymology 2

Shortening of ペスト・ジェノヴェーゼ ‎(pesuto jenovēze), from Italian pesto alla genovese.

Noun

ペスト ‎(romaji pesuto)

1. (food) pesto (Italian sauce)

Etymology 3

Borrowing from English Pest, from Hungarian Pest.

A borrowing directly from Hungarian is extremely unlikely, as the Hungarian pronunciation of /pɛʃt/ would result in a Japanese rendering of ペシュト ‎(peshuto) instead.

Alternative forms

• ペシュト ‎(Peshuto)

Proper noun

ペスト ‎(romaji Pesuto)

1. Pest, the eastern half of the city of Budapest

Etymology 4

Borrowing from French peste, from the title of the 1947 novel La Peste by Albert Camus.^[1][5]

Proper noun

ペスト ‎(romaji Pesuto)

1. The Plague, original title La Peste, a novel by Albert Camus

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
4. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
5. 1 2 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0