cholera

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See also: Cholera, choléra, and cholerą

English

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Etymology

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.

Pronunciation

Noun

cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)

  1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
    • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus:
      'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
    • 1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:
      At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cholera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ra

Noun

cholera f

  1. cholera

Declension

Declension of cholera (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative cholera cholery
genitive cholery choler
dative choleře cholerám
accusative choleru cholery
vocative cholero cholery
locative choleře cholerách
instrumental cholerou cholerami

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Further reading

  • cholera in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • cholera in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • cholera in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxoː.ləˌraː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ra

Noun

cholera f or m (uncountable)

  1. cholera

Usage notes

  • Cholera is the neutral name for the disease. The older terms "kolere" and "klere" are now considered vulgar or offensive.

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Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: kólera

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).

Pronunciation

Noun

cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension

  1. cholera

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cholera cholerae
Genitive cholerae cholerārum
Dative cholerae cholerīs
Accusative choleram cholerās
Ablative cholerā cholerīs
Vocative cholera cholerae

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Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɔˈlɛ.ra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: cho‧le‧ra

Noun

cholera f

  1. (pathology) cholera
  2. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) pest, nuisance (irritating person)
    Jesteś cholerą! ― You're a bastard!

Declension

Declension of cholera
singular
nominative cholera
genitive cholery
dative cholerze
accusative cholerę
instrumental cholerą
locative cholerze
vocative cholero

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adjective
noun
verb

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adverb

Interjection

cholera

  1. (mildly vulgar) damn!

Further reading

  • cholera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cholera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)

  1. cholera

Declension

Declension of cholera
singular plural
nominative cholera cholery
genitive cholery cholier
dative cholere cholerám
accusative choleru cholery
locative cholere cholerách
instrumental cholerou cholerami

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Further reading

  • “cholera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Noun

cholera f (plural choleras)

  1. female equivalent of cholero
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