"pesticide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛstɨsaɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pesticide.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pesticide.wav Forms: pesticides [plural]
enPR: pĕsʹtĭ-sīd' [General-American] Etymology: From pest + -i- + -cide. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pest|-i-|-cide|id3=killer}} pest + -i- + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pesticide (countable and uncountable, plural pesticides)
  1. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture, Death, Horticulture Derived forms: agropesticide, antipesticide, biopesticide, chloropesticide, mycopesticide, nanopesticide, nonpesticide Related terms: pest, pesticidal, fungicide, germicide, herbicide Translations (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests): պեստիցիդ (pesticʻid) (Armenian), пестицид (pesticid) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plaguicida [masculine] (Catalan), pesticida [masculine] (Catalan), 除害劑 (Chinese Cantonese), 除害剂 (ceoi⁴ hoi⁶ zai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 殺蟲劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 杀虫剂 (shāchóngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 農藥 (Chinese Mandarin), 农药 (nóngyào) (Chinese Mandarin), 除害劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 除害剂 (chúhài jì) (Chinese Mandarin), pesticid [masculine] (Czech), pesticide [neuter] (Dutch), verdelgingsmiddel [neuter] (Dutch), паксьменге (pakśmenge) (Erzya), pesticido (Esperanto), pestitsiid (Estonian), taimekaitsemürk (Estonian), týningarevni [neuter] (Faroese), tuholaismyrkky (Finnish), pesticide [masculine] (French), pesticida [masculine] (Galician), Pestizid [neuter] (German), εντομοκτόνο (entomoktóno) [neuter] (Greek), skordýraeitur [neuter] (Icelandic), plágueyðir [masculine] (Icelandic), eyðingarlyf [neuter] (Icelandic), pestisida (Indonesian), racun hama (Indonesian), racun pembasmi hama (Indonesian), pesticida [masculine] (Italian), 殺虫剤 (satchūzai) (alt: さっちゅうざい) (Japanese), 農薬 (nōyaku) (alt: のうやく) (Japanese), pestisid (Malay), racun perosak (Malay), pestycyd [masculine] (Polish), pesticida [masculine] (Portuguese), pesticid [neuter] (Romanian), пестици́д (pesticíd) [masculine] (Russian), pestìcīd [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pesticida (Spanish), plaguicida (Spanish), bekämpningsmedel [neuter] (Swedish), pesticid [common-gender] (Swedish), lasonangol (Tagalog), pestisidyo (Tagalog), pestisit (Turkish), пестици́д (pestycýd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), oògùn apakòkòrò (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-pesticide-en-noun-fJKRaW90 Categories (other): Armenian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms interfixed with -i-, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -icide, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Erzya translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yoruba translations

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:",
          "text": "“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).",
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          "ref": "2011, Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities, page 4:",
          "text": "Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times, […]",
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          "ref": "2013, Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.",
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          "roman": "shāchóngjì",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nóngyào",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "农药"
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          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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          "roman": "chúhài jì",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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          "alt": "さっちゅうざい",
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          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "農薬"
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          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "plaguicida"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bekämpningsmedel"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "pesticid"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "lasonangol"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "pestisidyo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "pestisit"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pestycýd",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пестици́д"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
          "word": "oògùn apakòkòrò"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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}
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    {
      "word": "agropesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "antipesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "biopesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "chloropesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "mycopesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "nanopesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonpesticide"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "pest",
        "3": "-i-",
        "4": "-cide",
        "id3": "killer"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "pesticides",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
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    }
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    "pes‧ti‧cide"
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    {
      "word": "pest"
    },
    {
      "word": "pesticidal"
    },
    {
      "word": "fungicide"
    },
    {
      "word": "germicide"
    },
    {
      "word": "herbicide"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms interfixed with -i-",
        "English terms suffixed with -cide (killer)",
        "English terms suffixed with -icide",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Erzya translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Faroese translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Yoruba translations",
        "en:Agriculture",
        "en:Death",
        "en:Horticulture"
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          "ref": "1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11:",
          "text": "“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).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, David McConnell, The Good Earth: Companion Guide, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, →ISBN, page 1.12:",
          "text": "Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities, page 4:",
          "text": "Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      ],
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          "synthetic",
          "synthetic"
        ],
        [
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          "virus"
        ],
        [
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          "bacterium"
        ],
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "suppress",
          "suppress"
        ],
        [
          "activities",
          "activities"
        ],
        [
          "pest",
          "pest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pesticʻid",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "պեստիցիդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pesticid",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пестицид"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plaguicida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesticida"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "除害劑"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ceoi⁴ hoi⁶ zai¹",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "除害剂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "殺蟲劑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shāchóngjì",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "杀虫剂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "農藥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nóngyào",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "农药"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "除害劑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúhài jì",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "除害剂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesticid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pesticide"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verdelgingsmiddel"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "pakśmenge",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "паксьменге"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pesticido"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pestitsiid"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "taimekaitsemürk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "týningarevni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "tuholaismyrkky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesticide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesticida"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pestizid"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "entomoktóno",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εντομοκτόνο"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skordýraeitur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plágueyðir"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eyðingarlyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pestisida"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "racun hama"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "racun pembasmi hama"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesticida"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さっちゅうざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "satchūzai",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "殺虫剤"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のうやく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nōyaku",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "農薬"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pestisid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "racun perosak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestycyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesticida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pesticid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pesticíd",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пестици́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestìcīd"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pesticida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "plaguicida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bekämpningsmedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pesticid"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "lasonangol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pestisidyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "pestisit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pestycýd",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пестици́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests",
      "word": "oògùn apakòkòrò"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pesticide"
}

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