cholera
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒləɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑləɹə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: chol‧e‧ra
Noun edit
cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)
- (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus:
- 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
- 1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:
- At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].
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infectious disease
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cholera f
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek [Term?].
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Noun edit
cholera f or m (uncountable)
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- Cholera is the neutral name for the disease. The older terms "kolere" and "klere" are now considered vulgar or offensive.
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Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: kólera
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔɫ̪ɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.le.ra/, [ˈkɔːlerä]
Noun edit
cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cholera | cholerae |
| Genitive | cholerae | cholerārum |
| Dative | cholerae | cholerīs |
| Accusative | choleram | cholerās |
| Ablative | cholerā | cholerīs |
| Vocative | cholera | cholerae |
Descendants edit
- Catalan: còlera
- English: cholera
- French: colère, choléra
- Italian: collera
- Russian: холе́ра (xoléra)
- Sicilian: còlira
- Spanish: cólera
References edit
- “cholera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cholera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cholera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).
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Noun edit
cholera f
- (pathology) cholera
- (colloquial, mildly vulgar) pest, nuisance (irritating person)
- Jesteś cholerą! ― You're a bastard!
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Declension of cholera
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adjective
noun
verb
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adverb
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cholera
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Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
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Noun edit
cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)
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Declension of cholera
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Further reading edit
- “cholera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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cholera f (plural choleras)
- female equivalent of cholero