епидемия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Medical term, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδημία (epidēmía), probably via some intermediate Western language or via Russian эпиде́мия (epidémija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛpiˈdɛmijɐ]

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Noun

епиде́мия • (epidémija) f

1. (pathology) epidemic
2. (figurative) news or trend which spreads quickly from person to person (like an epidemy)

Declension

Declension of епиде́мия

	singular	plural
indefinite	епиде́мия epidémija	епиде́мии epidémii
definite	епиде́мията epidémijata	епиде́миите epidémiite

Related terms

• панде́мия (pandémija, “pandemic”)

References

• “епидемия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014