dengue fever

English

Etymology

Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡiː ˈfiːvɚ/, /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvɚ/,

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dengue fever (uncountable)

1. An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

Synonyms

• breakbone fever

Translations

disease

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 登革熱／登革热 (dang¹ gaak³ jit⁶)

  Hakka: 天狗熱／天狗热 (thiên-kiéu-ngie̍t)

  Hokkien: 天狗熱／天狗热 (zh-min-nan) (thian-káu-jia̍t)

  Mandarin: 登革熱／登革热 (zh) (dēnggérè), 骨痛熱症／骨痛热症 (gǔtòngrèzhèng)

• Dutch: dengue (nl)
• Finnish: denguekuume (fi)
• French: dengue (fr) f
• German: Denguefieber (de) n
• Greek: δάγκειος πυρετός (el) m (dágkeios pyretós)
• Haitian Creole: lafyèv deng
• Hawaiian: dengue mai kuni
• Hebrew: קַדַּחַת דָּנגִי (kadákhat dangi)
• Hungarian: dengue-láz
• Indonesian: demam berdarah Dengue, DBD
• Irish: deinge
• Italian: dengue (it) f
• Japanese: デング熱 (dengu-netsu)
• Khmer: គ្រុនឈាម (km) (krun chiəm)
• Lao: ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (khai lư̄at ʼǭk), ພະຍາດໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (pha nyāt khai lư̄at ʼǭk)
• Latvian: denge f
• Polish: denga (pl) f
• Portuguese: dengue (pt) f
• Russian: лихора́дка де́нге (ru) f (lixorádka dɛ́ngɛ)
• Spanish: dengue (es) m
• Swedish: denguefeber (sv) c
• Thai: ไข้เลือดออก (kâi-lʉ̂ʉat-ɔ̀ɔk)
• Yiddish: דענג היץ f (deng hits)