Spanish

Proper noun

Bestia f

1. (biblical) Beast (a figure in the Book of Revelation)

Catalan

Noun

bestia f ‎(plural besties)

1. great-aunt

See also

• besoncle

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin bēstia. Cognate to biscia, which is not borrowed but inherited.

Noun

bestia f ‎(plural bestie)

1. beast

Derived terms

• bestia da soma

Anagrams

• basite
• beasti

Latin

Etymology

The origin is unknown. A Proto-Indo-European preform *dʰwēs-tiā has been proposed, from the root dʰwēs- ‎(“to breathe”) (compare Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 ‎(dius) from *dʰus- ‎(“to breathe”)), but this is uncertain, since an initial f- would be expected in Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːs.ti.a/

Noun

bēstia f ‎(genitive bēstiae); first declension

1. a beast

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

bēstiā

1. ablative singular of bēstia

References

• bestia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bestia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• BESTIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “bestia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• bestia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “bestia”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 71
• Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (2001), “bestia”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of André J., 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, page 69b
• Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “bestia”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 102
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 269

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbes̺.tja/

Noun

bestia f

1. Alternative form of besta

Papiamentu

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin bēstia

Noun

bestia f

1. beast, animal

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin bēstia^[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bestia f

1. beast (non-human animal)

Declension

References

1. ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bestja”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) biestg
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) bestga
• (Puter, Vallader) bes-cha

Etymology

From Latin bēstia.

Noun

bestia f (plural bestias)

1. (Sursilvan) animal

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) animal
• (Sursilvan) tier

Spanish

Etymology

Probably a borrowing from Latin bēstia.

Noun

bestia f ‎(plural bestias)

1. animal
2. (pejorative) a person who acts stupidly

Derived terms

• a lo bestia

Venetian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin bestia. Doublet of bìsa.

Noun

bestia f (plural bestie)

1. animal
2. beast
3. insect