bestie

best +‎ -ie

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛsti/
• Rhymes: -ɛsti

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.

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)

• → Tagalog: beshie

• beties, bitees, bêtise

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

bestie f

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

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

• bestie in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bestie in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

bestie n (singular definite bestiet, plural indefinite bestier)

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

• udyr
• uhyre

bestie f

1. plural of bestia

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛs.tjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛstjɛ
• Syllabification: bes‧tie

bestie

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

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

bestie f (plural bestii)

1. beast, wild animal

   Synonym: fiară

• bestial

• animal
• vietate

bestie

1. plural of bestia