herpes

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From Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ).piz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɚ.piz/

herpes (countable and uncountable, plural herpeses)

1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.
   • 2017 June 24, Arti Patel, “Dating with an STI: 7 ways to navigate the (often harsh) dating world”, in Global News‎:

     This, of course, is something only people with that STI would know. For example, herpes is 437737.

• herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

• herpes simplex
• herpes zoster

• herpetology (“the branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians”)

• “herpes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “herpes”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “herpes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

herpes

1. plural of herpe

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

herpes m (invariable)

1. herpes

• herpes zòster

• “herpes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “herpes”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “herpes” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “herpes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

herpes

Wikipedia ^cs

• IPA^(key):

herpes m inan

1. herpes

   Synonym: opar

• “herpes”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “herpes”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “herpes”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

herpes

1. herpes

Internationalism (see English herpes), ultimately from Latin herpēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈherpes/,
• Rhymes: -erpes
• Hyphenation^(key): her‧pes

herpes

1. herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

• “herpes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

herpes

1. herpes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.pes/

herpes m

1. herpes

• (rare) erpete

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈher.peːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pes/,

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

1. herpes
2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Third-declension noun.

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

• Hyphenation: her‧pes

herpes m or f (invariable)

1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

Borrowed from French herpès, from Latin herpes.

herpes n (plural herpesuri)

1. herpes

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾpes/
• Rhymes: -eɾpes
• Syllabification: her‧pes

herpes m (plural herpes)

1. herpes
2. cold sore

   Synonym: calentura

• “herpes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

herpes c

1. herpes

• herpes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)