diarrhoea
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See also: diarrhœa
English
Noun
diarrhoea (usually uncountable, plural diarrhoeas)
Derived terms
References
- “diarrhoea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /di.arˈroe̯.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.arˈre.a/,
Noun
diarrhoea f (genitive diarrhoeae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diarrhoea | diarrhoeae |
| Genitive | diarrhoeae | diarrhoeārum |
| Dative | diarrhoeae | diarrhoeīs |
| Accusative | diarrhoeam | diarrhoeās |
| Ablative | diarrhoeā | diarrhoeīs |
| Vocative | diarrhoea | diarrhoeae |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “dĭarrhoea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dĭarrhœa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 518/3.