pneumonia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /njuˈməʊniə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /nuˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊnjə/
Noun edit
pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English pneumonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pneumonia
Declension edit
Inflection of pneumonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | pneumonia | pneumoniat | ||
genitive | pneumonian | pneumonioiden pneumonioitten | ||
partitive | pneumoniaa | pneumonioita | ||
illative | pneumoniaan | pneumonioihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | pneumonia | pneumoniat | ||
accusative | nom. | pneumonia | pneumoniat | |
gen. | pneumonian | |||
genitive | pneumonian | pneumonioiden pneumonioitten pneumoniainrare | ||
partitive | pneumoniaa | pneumonioita | ||
inessive | pneumoniassa | pneumonioissa | ||
elative | pneumoniasta | pneumonioista | ||
illative | pneumoniaan | pneumonioihin | ||
adessive | pneumonialla | pneumonioilla | ||
ablative | pneumonialta | pneumonioilta | ||
allative | pneumonialle | pneumonioille | ||
essive | pneumoniana | pneumonioina | ||
translative | pneumoniaksi | pneumonioiksi | ||
abessive | pneumoniatta | pneumonioitta | ||
instructive | — | pneumonioin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (pneumonia): keuhkokuume
Further reading edit
- “pneumonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). Compare to Dutch pneumonie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pnéumonia (first-person possessive pneumoniaku, second-person possessive pneumoniamu, third-person possessive pneumonianya)
- (pathology) pneumonia: an acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “pneumonia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
pneumonia (plural pneumonias)
Related terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a
Noun edit
pneumonia f (plural pneumonias)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pneumonia.