scarlatine

French

Etymology

Borrowed from scientific Latin scarlatina (febris), as used by Thomas Sydenham in the first description of the disease.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaʁ.la.tin/

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Noun

scarlatine f (plural scarlatines)

1. (pathology) scarlet fever

Further reading

• “scarlatine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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