cholera
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒləɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑləɹə/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: chol‧e‧ra
NounEdit
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.'
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
infectious disease
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cholera f
DeclensionEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek [Term?].
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cholera f or m (uncountable)
Usage notesEdit
- Cholera is the neutral name for the disease. The older terms "kolere" and "klere" are now considered vulgar or offensive.
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Papiamentu: kólera
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cholera | cholerae |
Genitive | cholerae | cholerārum |
Dative | cholerae | cholerīs |
Accusative | choleram | cholerās |
Ablative | cholerā | cholerīs |
Vocative | cholera | cholerae |
DescendantsEdit
- Catalan: còlera
- English: cholera
- French: colère, choléra
- Italian: collera
- Russian: холе́ра (xoléra)
- Sicilian: còlira
- Spanish: cólera
ReferencesEdit
- “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
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cholera f
- (pathology) cholera
- (colloquial) pest, nuisance (irritating person)
- Jesteś cholerą! ― You're a bastard!
DeclensionEdit
Declension of cholera
Derived termsEdit
adjective
noun
verb
Related termsEdit
adverb
InterjectionEdit
cholera
- damn!
Further readingEdit
SlovakEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of cholera
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- cholera in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk