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pesticide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• (Southern-England) audio
• pĕsʹtĭ-sīd' (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpɛstəsaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English pest Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīdader. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English pesticide From pest + -i- + -cide.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • “Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin). 1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:
   • Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants. 2013, Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening, →ISBN:
   • Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff. 2001, David McConnell, The Good Earth: Companion Guide, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, →ISBN, page 1.12:
   • Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times, […] 2011, Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities, page 4:

Forms

Deriveds

mycopesticide · nonpesticide · chloropesticide · biopesticide · nanopesticide · agropesticide · antipesticide

Relateds

pesticidal · germicide · fungicide · pest · fumigant · herbicide

Translations (50)

tpi marasin bilong kilim ol binatang (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · eo pesticido (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ms racun perosak (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · gl pesticida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · fo týningarevni (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ms pestisid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · hy պեստիցիդ (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · cmn 農藥 /农药 (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ru пестици́д (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · tr pestisit (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · cmn 除害劑 /除害剂 (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · hu peszticid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · id pestisida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · pt pesticida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · is plágueyðir (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · bg пестицид (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · id racun pembasmi hama (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ro pesticid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · yue 除害劑 /除害剂 (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ca pesticida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · es pesticida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · de Pestizid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · fr pesticide (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · fi tuholaismyrkky (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · sh pestìcīd (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · pl pestycyd (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · is skordýraeitur (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ja 農薬 (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · et pestitsiid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ca plaguicida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · yo oògùn apakòkòrò (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · is eyðingarlyf (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · cs pesticid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · et taimekaitsemürk (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · tl lasonangol (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · cmn 殺蟲劑 /杀虫剂 (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · es plaguicida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · tpi marasin bilong pinisim ol binatang nogut (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · sv pesticid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · myv паксьменге (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · nl pesticide (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · id racun hama (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · sv bekämpningsmedel (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · az pestisid (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · tl pestisidyo (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · it pesticida (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · uk пестици́д (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · nl verdelgingsmiddel (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · ja 殺虫剤 (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) · hi कीटनाशक (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)