vitiligo

See also: Vitiligo and vitíligo

English

A hand showing symptoms of vitiligo.

Etymology

From Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -aɪɡəʊ

Noun

vitiligo (usually uncountable, plural vitiligos)

1. (dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.

   Synonym: leucoderma

   • 2015 September 4, Rich Cohen, “Learning to Live With Vitiligo”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     In the weeks that followed, I began to notice other people with vitiligo. On the streets, in the stores, in their cars. My God, they were everywhere!

2. (obsolete) Alphos, a form of leprosy.

Derived terms

• vitiligous

Related terms

• See vice#Related_terms

Translations

patchy loss of skin pigmentation

• Arabic: بُهَاق (buhāq)
• Azerbaijani: ala (az)
• Basque: bitiligo
• Bengali: শ্বেতী রোগ (śśeti rōg)
• Catalan: vitiligen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白癜風／白癜风 (zh) (báidiànfēng)

• Finnish: valkopälvi
• German: Vitiligo (de) f, Weißfleckenkrankheit f
• Greek: λεύκη (el) f (léfki)
• Hebrew: בַּהֶרֶת (he) m (bahéret)
• Hungarian: vitiligo (hu)
• Italian: vitiligine (it) f
• Japanese: 白斑 (ja) (はくはん, hakuhan), 白癜 (しろなまず, shironamazu)
• Kannada: ತೊನ್ನು (kn) (tonnu)
• Kazakh: ақтаңдақ (aqtañdaq)
• Korean: 백납병(白斑病) (baengnapbyeong), 백반(白斑) (ko) (baekban)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەڵەکی (bellekî)

• Latin: vitiligo f
• Malayalam: വെള്ളപ്പാണ്ട് (veḷḷappāṇṭŭ)
• Maori: kirihoko
• Persian: پیسی (fa) (pisi)
• Polish: bielactwo n
• Portuguese: vitiligo (pt) m
• Romanian: vitiligo (ro) n
• Russian: витили́го (ru) n (vitilígo)
• Spanish: vitiligo (es) m
• Tocharian B: świtär
• Turkish: vitiligo
• Ukrainian: вітилі́го (vitylího)
• Uyghur: بەرەس (beres), ئاق كېسەل (aq kësel)
• Vietnamese: bạch biến (白變)
• Welsh: fitiligo m

Further reading

• vitiligo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋitiliɡo/, [ˈʋit̪iˌliɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧ti‧li‧go

Noun

vitiligo

1. vitiligo

Declension

Inflection of vitiligo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		vitiligo	vitiligot
genitive		vitiligon	vitiligojen vitiligoiden vitiligoitten
partitive		vitiligoa	vitiligoja vitiligoita
illative		vitiligoon	vitiligoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vitiligo	vitiligot
accusative	nom.	vitiligo	vitiligot
	gen.	vitiligon
genitive		vitiligon	vitiligojen vitiligoiden vitiligoitten
partitive		vitiligoa	vitiligoja vitiligoita
inessive		vitiligossa	vitiligoissa
elative		vitiligosta	vitiligoista
illative		vitiligoon	vitiligoihin
adessive		vitiligolla	vitiligoilla
ablative		vitiligolta	vitiligoilta
allative		vitiligolle	vitiligoille
essive		vitiligona	vitiligoina
translative		vitiligoksi	vitiligoiksi
abessive		vitiligotta	vitiligoitta
instructive		—	vitiligoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vitiligo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vitiligoni vitiligoni accusative nom. vitiligoni vitiligoni gen. vitiligoni genitive vitiligoni vitiligojeni vitiligoideni vitiligoitteni partitive vitiligoani vitiligojani vitiligoitani inessive vitiligossani vitiligoissani elative vitiligostani vitiligoistani illative vitiligooni vitiligoihini adessive vitiligollani vitiligoillani ablative vitiligoltani vitiligoiltani allative vitiligolleni vitiligoilleni essive vitiligonani vitiligoinani translative vitiligokseni vitiligoikseni abessive vitiligottani vitiligoittani instructive — — comitative — vitiligoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vitiligosi vitiligosi accusative nom. vitiligosi vitiligosi gen. vitiligosi genitive vitiligosi vitiligojesi vitiligoidesi vitiligoittesi partitive vitiligoasi vitiligojasi vitiligoitasi inessive vitiligossasi vitiligoissasi elative vitiligostasi vitiligoistasi illative vitiligoosi vitiligoihisi adessive vitiligollasi vitiligoillasi ablative vitiligoltasi vitiligoiltasi allative vitiligollesi vitiligoillesi essive vitiligonasi vitiligoinasi translative vitiligoksesi vitiligoiksesi abessive vitiligottasi vitiligoittasi instructive — — comitative — vitiligoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vitiligomme vitiligomme accusative nom. vitiligomme vitiligomme gen. vitiligomme genitive vitiligomme vitiligojemme vitiligoidemme vitiligoittemme partitive vitiligoamme vitiligojamme vitiligoitamme inessive vitiligossamme vitiligoissamme elative vitiligostamme vitiligoistamme illative vitiligoomme vitiligoihimme adessive vitiligollamme vitiligoillamme ablative vitiligoltamme vitiligoiltamme allative vitiligollemme vitiligoillemme essive vitiligonamme vitiligoinamme translative vitiligoksemme vitiligoiksemme abessive vitiligottamme vitiligoittamme instructive — — comitative — vitiligoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vitiligonne vitiligonne accusative nom. vitiligonne vitiligonne gen. vitiligonne genitive vitiligonne vitiligojenne vitiligoidenne vitiligoittenne partitive vitiligoanne vitiligojanne vitiligoitanne inessive vitiligossanne vitiligoissanne elative vitiligostanne vitiligoistanne illative vitiligoonne vitiligoihinne adessive vitiligollanne vitiligoillanne ablative vitiligoltanne vitiligoiltanne allative vitiligollenne vitiligoillenne essive vitiligonanne vitiligoinanne translative vitiligoksenne vitiligoiksenne abessive vitiligottanne vitiligoittanne instructive — — comitative — vitiligoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vitiligonsa vitiligonsa accusative nom. vitiligonsa vitiligonsa gen. vitiligonsa genitive vitiligonsa vitiligojensa vitiligoidensa vitiligoittensa partitive vitiligoaan vitiligoansa vitiligojaan vitiligoitaan vitiligojansa vitiligoitansa inessive vitiligossaan vitiligossansa vitiligoissaan vitiligoissansa elative vitiligostaan vitiligostansa vitiligoistaan vitiligoistansa illative vitiligoonsa vitiligoihinsa adessive vitiligollaan vitiligollansa vitiligoillaan vitiligoillansa ablative vitiligoltaan vitiligoltansa vitiligoiltaan vitiligoiltansa allative vitiligolleen vitiligollensa vitiligoilleen vitiligoillensa essive vitiligonaan vitiligonansa vitiligoinaan vitiligoinansa translative vitiligokseen vitiligoksensa vitiligoikseen vitiligoiksensa abessive vitiligottaan vitiligottansa vitiligoittaan vitiligoittansa instructive — — comitative — vitiligoineen vitiligoinensa

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

French

Noun

vitiligo m (plural vitiligos)

1. vitiligo

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From an unknown stem with the disease suffix -īgō. Related to vitium, but not directly derived from it on account of the l.

Noun

vitilīgō f (genitive vitilīginis); third declension

1. a skin disease, tetter
2. leprosy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vitilīgō	vitilīginēs
Genitive	vitilīginis	vitilīginum
Dative	vitilīginī	vitilīginibus
Accusative	vitilīginem	vitilīginēs
Ablative	vitilīgine	vitilīginibus
Vocative	vitilīgō	vitilīginēs

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vitiligo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.t͡ʃiˈli.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.t͡ʃiˈli.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.t͡ʃiˈli.ɡo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.tiˈli.ɡu/ [vi.tiˈli.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.tiˈli.ɡu/ [vi.tiˈli.ɣu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.tiˈli.ɡu/ [bi.tiˈli.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: vi‧ti‧li‧go

Noun

vitiligo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitiligo.

Noun

vitiligo n (uncountable)

1. vitiligo

Declension

declension of vitiligo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vitiligo	vitiligoul
genitive/dative	(unui) vitiligo	vitiligoului
vocative	vitiligoule

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vitíligo

Etymology

From Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bitiˈliɡo/ [bi.t̪iˈli.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: vi‧ti‧li‧go

Noun

vitiligo m (plural vitiligos)

1. vitiligo

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014