bestie

See also: Bestie and bestię

English

Etymology

From best +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛsti/
• Rhymes: -ɛsti

• Audio (US):

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Noun

bestie (plural besties)

1. (informal, chiefly women's speech) best friend
   • 2007, Brigid Lowry, Things You Either Hate Or Love:

     You're supposed to be my bestie, Mel. We used to tell each other everything. So what's this Toby secret you can't tell me?

   • 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.

   • 2009, Keleigh Crigler Hadley, Preacher:

     On the way home, I got a joke text from my bestie.

   • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[1], Hachette, →ISBN:

     Gave me a cryptic, mostly frustrated-seeming look. Went upstairs with her bestie. To re-up, probably.

2. (informal, chiefly women's speech) best friend; A term of address for someone, usually used to instruct, to make a statement, or to draw attention.
3. (informal, chiefly women's speech) friend (any in general)

Descendants

• → Tagalog: beshie

Anagrams

• beties, bitees, bêtise

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛstɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: bes‧ti‧e

Noun

bestie f

1. (informal) beast, monster
2. (offensive) beast (objectionable person)

Declension

Declension of bestie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	bestie	bestie
genitive	bestie	bestií
dative	bestii	bestiím
accusative	bestii	bestie
vocative	bestie	bestie
locative	bestii	bestiích
instrumental	bestií	bestiemi

Synonyms

• zrůda
• stvůra
• nestvůra
• příšera
• monstrum
• mrcha
• potvora
• svině

Further reading

• “bestie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bestie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From German Bestie, from Latin bēstia (“beast”).

Noun

bestie n (singular definite bestiet, plural indefinite bestier)

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

Inflection

Declension of bestie

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bestie	bestiet	bestier	bestierne
genitive	besties	bestiets	bestiers	bestiernes

Synonyms

• udyr
• uhyre

Italian

Noun

bestie f

1. plural of bestia

Polish

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English bestie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.sti/
• Rhymes: -ɛsti
• Syllabification: bes‧tie

Noun

bestie f (indeclinable)

1. (informal, chiefly women's speech) bestie, best friend

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛs.tjɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛstjɛ
• Syllabification: bes‧tie

Noun

bestie

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

Further reading

• bestie at Obserwatorium Języka i Kultury Młodzieży
• bestie at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bestie

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛs.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛs.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʃ.t͡ʃi/

• Rhymes: -ɛsti
• Hyphenation: bes‧tie

Noun

bestie m or f by sense (plural besties)

1. (Brazil, informal) bestie (best friend)

   Synonyms: best, BFF

   Fui pessear com a minha bestie.

   I went walking with my bestie.

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

bestie f (plural bestii)

1. beast, wild animal

   Synonym: fiară

Related terms

• bestial

See also

• animal
• vietate

Venetan

Noun

bestie

1. plural of bestia