different between bestie vs bestir

English

Etymology

best (friend) +? -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?sti/
• Rhymes: -?sti

Noun

bestie (plural besties)

1. (informal) best friend
   • 2008, Julie Kraut, Shallon Lester, Hot Mess: Summer in the City

     Even back then, a party just wasn't a party without my bestie, and I was miserable for the last eight frames.
2. (Internet slang, informal) best friend; A term of address for someone, usually used to instruct, to make a statement, or to draw attention.

Anagrams

• beties, bitees, bêtise

Danish

Etymology

From German Bestie, from Latin b?stia (“beast”).

Noun

bestie n (singular definite bestiet, plural indefinite bestier)

1. beast (a cruel and violent being or creature)

Inflection

Synonyms

• udyr
• uhyre

Italian

Noun

bestie f

1. plural of bestia

Polish

Noun

bestie

1. nominative plural of bestia
2. accusative plural of bestia
3. vocative plural of bestia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bestia, Latin bestia (19th century).

Noun

bestie f (plural bestii)

1. beast, wild animal

Synonyms

• fiar?

Related terms

• bestial

See also

• animal
• vietate

Venetian

Noun

bestie

1. plural of bestia

English

Etymology

From Middle English bestyrien, bestirien, from Old English bestyrian (“to heap up, pile up”), equivalent to be- +? stir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??st?/, /bi?st?/, /b??st?/

Verb

bestir (third-person singular simple present bestirs, present participle bestirring, simple past and past participle bestirred)

1. (transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
2. (reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.

Translations

References

• bestir at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Bertis, Breits, Sibert, bister, bistre, biters, bitser, rebits, tribes

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

bestir

1. (transitive, reflexive) to dress

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) , “bestir”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, ?ISBN

Faroese

Adjective

bestir

1. (in the plural) best, superlative of góður and væl

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bestuur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b?s?t?r]
• Hyphenation: bês?tir

Noun

bêstir (first-person possessive bestirku, second-person possessive bestirmu, third-person possessive bestirnya)

1. (colloquial) management, the executives of an organisation.

Related terms

Further reading

• “bestir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.