pesticide
English
/ˈpɛstɨsaɪd/, /ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd/
noun
Definitions
- Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
Etymology
Affix from English pest (disease).
Origin
English
pest
Gloss
disease
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
症, 疾
Emoji
🦟 🪰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agropesticide English
- antipest English
- antipesticide English
- biopesticidal English
- biopesticide English
- empest English
- impest English
- mycopesticide English
- nanopesticide English
- nonpest English
- nonpesticidal English
- nonpesticide English
- pest English
- pestful English
- pesthole English
- pesthouse English
- pesticidal English
- pesticidally English
- pestiferous English
- pestify English
- pesting English
- pestlike English
- pestology English
- pesty English
- pesticide Dutch, Flemish
- peste Middle French