fester

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈfɛstɚ/
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• rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: F EH1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from German Fester.

Inherited from Middle English festre, festur, borrowed from Old French festre (cognate with Italian fistola, Occitan fistola, Spanish fístula), from Latin fistula. The verb is derived from the noun, while the “condition of something that festers” noun sense is derived from the verb. Doublet of fistula.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَقَيَّحَ (taqayyaḥa) — become septic or rotten
• Aromanian: prunjedz — become septic or rotten
• Bulgarian: загноявам (zagnojavam) — become septic or rotten
• Bulgarian: забирам (zabiram) — become septic or rotten
• Chinese Mandarin: 化膿 /化脓 (huànóng) — become septic or rotten
• Chinese Mandarin: 潰爛 /溃烂 (kuìlàn) — become septic or rotten
• Czech: hnisat — become septic or rotten
• Czech: podebírat se — become septic or rotten
• Dutch: etteren — become septic or rotten
• Dutch: bederven — become septic or rotten
• Finnish: mädäntyä — become septic or rotten
• French: suppurer — become septic or rotten
• Galician: supurar — become septic or rotten
• German: eitern — become septic or rotten
• Greek: αφορμίζω (aformízo) — become septic or rotten
• Italian: suppurare — become septic or rotten
• Italian: infettarsi — become septic or rotten
• Japanese: 化膿する (kanō suru) — become septic or rotten
• Japanese: 爛れる (tadareru) — become septic or rotten
• Latin: suppūrō — become septic or rotten
• Māori: tongako — become septic or rotten
• Māori: taematuku — become septic or rotten
• Polish: zaognić się — become septic or rotten
• Portuguese: supurar — become septic or rotten
• Romanian: supura — become septic or rotten
• Romanian: puroia — become septic or rotten
• Russian: гнои́ться (gnoítʹsja) — become septic or rotten
• Scottish Gaelic: at — become septic or rotten
• Spanish: enconarse — become septic or rotten
• Spanish: inquinarse — become septic or rotten
• Tocharian B: āmp- — become septic or rotten
• Turkish: cerahatlenmek — become septic or rotten
• Ottoman Turkish: ایركلنمك (iriñlenmek) — become septic or rotten
• Ukrainian: гноїтися (hnojitysja) — become septic or rotten
• Czech: doutnat — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Czech: kvasit — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Czech: kypět — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Czech: vyhnívat — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Dutch: verergeren — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Finnish: muhia — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Russian: усугубля́ться (usugubljátʹsja) — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention
• Spanish: enconarse — to worsen, especially due to lack of attention