impetigo
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See also: impétigo
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
Pronunciation
Noun
impetigo (countable and uncountable, plural impetigos or impetigoes or impetigines)
- (pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
- Synonym: school sores
Derived terms
Translations
contagious bacterial skin disease
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Czech
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō.
Pronunciation
Noun
impetigo n
Declension
Further reading
- “impetigo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “impetigo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “impetigo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeː.ti.ɣoː/
Audio (Netherlands): (file)
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ti‧go
Noun
impetigo m (uncountable)
- (pathology) impetigo
- Synonym: krentenbaard
Further reading
impetigo on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /im.peˈtiː.ɡoː/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /im.peˈti.ɡo/,
Noun
impetīgō f (genitive impetīginis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | impetīgō | impetīginēs |
| Genitive | impetīginis | impetīginum |
| Dative | impetīginī | impetīginibus |
| Accusative | impetīginem | impetīginēs |
| Ablative | impetīgine | impetīginibus |
| Vocative | impetīgō | impetīginēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “impetigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impetigo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- impetigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō. Doublet of impigem.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧ti‧go
Noun
impetigo m (uncountable)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French impétigo, from Latin impetīgō.
Noun
impetigo n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of impetigo (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) impetigo | impetigoul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) impetigo | impetigoului |
| vocative | impetigoule | |
Slovak
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
Pronunciation
Noun
impetigo n
Declension
Declension of impetigo
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | impetigo | impetigá |
| genitive | impetiga | impetig |
| dative | impetigu | impetigám |
| accusative | impetigo | impetigá |
| locative | impetige | impetigách |
| instrumental | impetigom | impetigami |
Further reading
- “impetigo”, 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