different between prester vs pester

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French prestre. See priest.

Noun

prester (plural presters)

1. (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.

Derived terms

• Prester John

Etymology 2

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pr?st?r, “hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”).

Noun

prester (plural presters)

1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
2. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.

Anagrams

• represt, terpers

French

Verb

prester

1. (Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service

   J'ai presté cinq heures.

Derived terms

• prestation

Further reading

• “prester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• preter

Etymology

From Old French prester.

Verb

prester

1. to lend; to loan

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: prêter

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse prestr m, From Old English pr?ost. Cognate with Old Swedish præster and Icelandic prestur.

Noun

prester m

1. priest

Descendants

References

• Alieva, Dinara. (2013) Adnominale genitivskonstruksjoner i mellomnorsk.
• Dokumentasjonsprosjektet, Dataene er fra Diplomatarium Norvegicum bind I-XXI.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

prester m

1. indefinite plural of prest

Old French

Etymology

From Latin praest?re, present active infinitive of praest?.

Verb

prester

1. to borrow
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Tant que je puisse armes trover
     Ou a loiier ou a prester.

     As long as I can find arms

     Either to hire, or to borrow.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: prester, preter
  • French: prêter

English

Etymology

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?st?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?st?/, [?p??st?]
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)

Verb

pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)

1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
2. (obsolete, transitive and intransitive) To crowd together thickly.

Synonyms

• badger
• bug
• hound

Derived terms

• bepester
• pester power
• pesterer
• pestery

Related terms

• pest

Translations

Noun

pester (plural pesters)

1. A bother or nuisance.

Anagrams

• Peters, Pretes, pestre, peters, pre-set, preset, serpet

Dutch

Etymology

From pesten +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.t?r/
• Hyphenation: pes?ter

Noun

pester m (plural pesters, diminutive pestertje n)

1. A person who bullies or pesters somebody.

Related terms

• pesten, pesterij

Synonyms

• pestkop

Anagrams

• perste, preest, preste, streep

French

Etymology

From peste +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?s.te/

Verb

pester

1. to rant, curse, fulminate

Conjugation

Further reading

• “pester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pertes, prêtes, prêtés

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pester m or f

1. indefinite plural of pest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pestar

Noun

pester m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of pest

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?str? (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pè?st?r/

Adjective

p??st?r (comparative p??strejši, superlative n?jp??strejši)

1. colourful, variegated

Inflection

Further reading

• “pester”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran