venereal disease

English

Noun

venereal disease (countable and uncountable, plural venereal diseases) (abbreviated as VD)

1. (pathology) Any of several contagious diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, contracted through sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• sexually transmitted disease
• sexually transmitted infection

Derived terms

• brick venereal disease

 

Translations

disease contracted through sexual contact — see sexually transmitted disease

contagious disease spread through sexual intercourse

• Burmese: ကာလသားရောဂါ (my) (kala.sa:rau:ga), လူပျိုနာ (my) (lu-pyuina)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花柳病 (zh) (huāliǔbìng), 性病 (zh) (xìngbìng)

• Czech: pohlavní choroba f
• Dutch: geslachtsziekte (nl) f
• Esperanto: venerea malsano
• Finnish: sukupuolitauti (fi)
• French: maladie vénérienne (fr) f
• German: Geschlechtskrankheit (de) f
• Greek: αφροδίσιο νόσημα (el) n (afrodísio nósima)
• Greenlandic: nappaatipiluk, kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat
• Icelandic: kynsjúkdómur (is) m, samræðissjúkdómur m
• Irish: galar véinéireach m
• Italian: malattia venerea f
• Japanese: 花柳病 (ja) (かりゅうびょう, karyūbyō), 性病 (ja) (せいびょう, seibyō)
• Korean: 화류병(花柳病) (hwaryubyeong), 성병(性病) (seongbyeong)
• Lithuanian: venerinė liga f
• Maori: pakiwhara, paipai
• Navajo: aaʼadiniih
• Norman: sale maladie f (Jersey)
• Polish: choroba weneryczna f
• Portuguese: doença venérea (pt) f
• Russian: венери́ческое заболева́ние n (veneríčeskoje zabolevánije), венери́ческая боле́знь (ru) f (veneríčeskaja boléznʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: galar-drùisealachd m
• Spanish: enfermedad venérea f
• Swedish: könssjukdom (sv) c, sexuellt överförbar sjukdom c, venerisk sjukdom (sv) c, flugor i trumpeten (literally “flies in the trumpet”) (slang, humorous)
• Telugu: సుఖవ్యాధి (sukhavyādhi), సుఖరోగము (te) (sukharōgamu)
• Thai: กามโรค (th) (gaam-má-rôok)
• Turkish: zührevi hastalık (tr)
• Vietnamese: bệnh hoa liễu (病花柳)
• Welsh: clefyd gwenerol m

See also

• AIDS