scorbut

English

Alternative forms

• scorbute

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorbut. Doublet of scurvy and scorbutus.

Noun

scorbut (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) scurvy

Related terms

• scorbutic

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

French

Etymology

Related to Dutch scheurbuik. See scurvy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔʁ.byt/
• IPA^(key): (Canada) /skɔʁ.by/

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Noun

scorbut m (plural scorbuts)

1. scurvy

Derived terms

• scorbutique

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: اسقوربوت (iskorbüt)
  • Turkish: iskorbüt

Further reading

• “scorbut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorbut.

Noun

scorbut n (plural scorbuturi)

1. scurvy

Declension

Declension of scorbut

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) scorbut	scorbutul	(niște) scorbuturi	scorbuturile
genitive/dative	(unui) scorbut	scorbutului	(unor) scorbuturi	scorbuturilor
vocative	scorbutule		scorbuturilor