catarrh

English

Etymology

From Middle English catarre, from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos), which is derived from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “I flow down”), which is composed of κατά (katá, “down”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtɑɹ/
• Homophone: Qatar

Noun

catarrh (countable and uncountable, plural catarrhs)

2. (medicine) Inflammation of a mucous membrane.

   Hyponym: coryza

   2. Especially, that of the nose and throat.

      Synonym: coryza

      • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 3:

        Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever ...

      • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

        “Where I went wrong,” he said, still speaking in that low, husky voice as if he had been a ghost suffering from catarrh, “was in getting engaged to Phyllis Mills.”

   3. The discharge (fluid) associated with this condition.

      Hypernyms: phlegm, sputum

   5. (broadly, metonymically) Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold.

Derived terms

• catarrhal
• catarrhal fever
• catarrhally
• catarrhine
• catarrhous
• catarrhy

 

Translations

inflammation of the mucous membranes

• Arabic: نَزْلَة f (nazla)
• Bulgarian: катар m (katar)
• Catalan: catarro (ca) m
• Dutch: slijmvliesontsteking f, catarre (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: kataro
• Estonian: limaskestapõletik, katarr
• Faroese: rovubruni m
• Finnish: katarri (fi)
• French: catarrhe (fr) m
• German: Katarrh (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κατάρροος m (katárrhoos)

• Hebrew: נַזֶּלֶת (he) f (nazélet)
• Hindi: ज़ुकाम (hi) m (zukām), जुकाम (hi) m (jukām), सर्दी (hi) f (sardī), प्रतिश्याय (hi) m (pratiśyāy)
• Hungarian: hurut (hu)
• Ido: kataro (io)
• Irish: réama m
• Italian: catarro (it) m
• Latin: gravēdō f (literally “heaviness”), coryza f, catarrhus m, dēstīllātiō f (literally “dripping down”), gravitūdō f (literally “heaviness”) (very rare), īnflūxiō f (literally “flowing in”), rheuma f
• Macedonian: катар m (katar)
• Maori: kauanu, hinamokimoki
• Navajo: chʼiish
• Polish: katar (pl) m
• Portuguese: catarro (pt) m
• Russian: ката́р (ru) m (katár)
• Sanskrit: प्रतिश्याय (sa) m (pratiśyāya)
• Spanish: catarro (es) m
• Swedish: katarr (sv) c
• Urdu: سردی (ur) f (sardī)
• Venetian: catar (vec) m
• Vilamovian: śnöp f
• Volapük: katar (vo)

See also

• cold
• flu
• grippe, grip
• influenza
• pose
• sinusitis

Anagrams

• Carhart