dengue
English edit
Etymology edit
From West Indian Spanish dengue in 1828, from the Kiswahili term dinga (in full kidingapopo, "disease caused by an evil spirit"). The borrowed term changed to dengue in Spanish due to this word existing in Spanish with the meaning "fastidiousness" and the folk etymology referring to the dislike of movement by affected patients.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/, /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (India) IPA(key): /ˈɖɛŋɡi/, /ˈɖɛŋɡu/
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈɖɛŋɡɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡi, (General American) -ɛŋɡeɪ
Noun edit
dengue (usually uncountable, plural dengues)
- An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dengue f (uncountable)
- (medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus [from late 19th c.]
- Synonym: knokkelkoorts
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: dengue
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dengue f (plural dengues)
Further reading edit
- “dengue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Attested since 1840.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dengue m (plural dengues)
- (clothing) kind of cape which, worn as a jacket, is part of the traditional women's attire of Galicia and Asturias
References edit
- “dengue” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “dengue” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “dengue” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch dengue, from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).
Pronunciation edit
- (standard, irregular) IPA(key): [ˈdeŋɡe] (as if spelled dénggé)
- Rhymes: -ɡe, -e
- Hyphenation: de‧ngue
Noun edit
dengue (first-person possessive dengueku, second-person possessive denguemu, third-person possessive denguenya)
- (medicine, pathology) dengue: an acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
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Further reading edit
- “dengue” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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dengue f (plural dengues)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dengue m (plural dengues)
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain. Possibly from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).
Noun edit
dengue m (plural dengues)
- dengue (disease)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dengue m (plural dengues)
- playacting (overdramatic behaviour)
Further reading edit
- “dengue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014