cholera

See also: Cholera and choléra

Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Latin cholera ‎(“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή ‎(kholḗ, “bile”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒləɹə/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ra

NounEdit

cholera ‎(countable and uncountable, plural choleras)

1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by 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.'

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

Asiatic cholera chicken cholera choleraic cholera infantum

cholera morbus choleroid English cholera epidemic cholera

fowl cholera hog cholera Indian cholera

TranslationsEdit

infectious disease

• Armenian: խոլերա (hy) ‎(xolera)
• Catalan: còlera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 霍亂 (zh), 霍乱 (zh) ‎(huòluàn)

• Czech: cholera (cs) f
• Danish: kolera (da) c
• Dutch: cholera (nl)
• Finnish: kolera (fi)
• French: choléra (fr) m
• German: Cholera (de) f
• Greek: χολέρα (el) f ‎(choléra)
• Gujarati: કોલેરા ‎(kolerā)
• Hungarian: kolera (hu)
• Italian: colera (it)
• Japanese: コレラ (ja) ‎(korera)
• Kalmyk: оңһадг ‎(oñhadg)

• Malay: penyakit taun
• Maori: korera, korera
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kolera m

  Nynorsk: kolera m

• Persian: وبا (fa) ‎(vabâ)
• Polish: cholera (pl) f
• Portuguese: cólera (pt) f
• Russian: холе́ра (ru) f ‎(xoléra)
• Spanish: cólera (es) m
• Swahili: kipindupindu (sw)
• Swedish: kolera (sv)
• Tagalog: kolera
• Thai: อหิวาต์ (th) ‎(à-hì-waa)
• Turkish: kolera (tr)
• Vietnamese: bệnh tả

Related termsEdit

• choler

See alsoEdit

• gastroenteritis

AnagramsEdit

• achelor
• chorale

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

cholera f

1. cholera

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoː.lə.ˌraː/

NounEdit

cholera f, m ‎(uncountable)

1. cholera

Related termsEdit

• klere
• kolere

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek χολή ‎(kholḗ, “bile”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔ.ɫɛ.ra]

NounEdit

cholera f ‎(genitive cholerae); first declension

1. cholera

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cholera	cholerae
genitive	cholerae	cholerārum
dative	cholerae	cholerīs
accusative	choleram	cholerās
ablative	cholerā	cholerīs
vocative	cholera	cholerae

DescendantsEdit

• Russian: холе́ра ‎(xoléra)
• French: colère, choléra

ReferencesEdit

• cholera in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CHOLERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cholera in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /xɔˈlɛra/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

cholera f

1. cholera

DeclensionEdit

declension of cholera

	singular
nominative	cholera
genitive	cholery
dative	cholerze
accusative	cholerę
instrumental	cholerą
locative	cholerze
vocative	cholero

InterjectionEdit

cholera!

1. damn!

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SlovakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin cholera ‎(“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή ‎(kholḗ, “bile”).

NounEdit

cholera f ‎(genitive singular cholery, declension pattern of žena)

1. cholera

External linksEdit

• cholera in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk