malaria

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (bad) and aria (air). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally bad air).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈlɛə.ɹi.ə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹiə

Noun

malaria (countable and uncountable, plural malarias)

  1. (pathology) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
    Synonyms: ague, (archaic) paludism
  2. (archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
    Synonym: miasma
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 149:
      The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.

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Danish

Etymology

From Italian malaria.

Noun

malaria c (singular definite malariaen, not used in plural form)

  1. (pathology) malaria

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria f (uncountable)

  1. malaria

Descendants

  • Caribbean Hindustani: maláriyá

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑriɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria

  1. malaria
    Synonym: horkka

Declension

Inflection of malaria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative malaria malariat
genitive malarian malarioiden
malarioitten
partitive malariaa malarioita
illative malariaan malarioihin
singular plural
nominative malaria malariat
accusative nom. malaria malariat
gen. malarian
genitive malarian malarioiden
malarioitten
malariain rare
partitive malariaa malarioita
inessive malariassa malarioissa
elative malariasta malarioista
illative malariaan malarioihin
adessive malarialla malarioilla
ablative malarialta malarioilta
allative malarialle malarioille
essive malariana malarioina
translative malariaksi malarioiksi
abessive malariatta malarioitta
instructive malarioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of malaria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative malariani malariani
accusative nom. malariani malariani
gen. malariani
genitive malariani malarioideni
malarioitteni
malariaini rare
partitive malariaani malarioitani
inessive malariassani malarioissani
elative malariastani malarioistani
illative malariaani malarioihini
adessive malariallani malarioillani
ablative malarialtani malarioiltani
allative malarialleni malarioilleni
essive malarianani malarioinani
translative malariakseni malarioikseni
abessive malariattani malarioittani
instructive
comitative malarioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative malariasi malariasi
accusative nom. malariasi malariasi
gen. malariasi
genitive malariasi malarioidesi
malarioittesi
malariaisi rare
partitive malariaasi malarioitasi
inessive malariassasi malarioissasi
elative malariastasi malarioistasi
illative malariaasi malarioihisi
adessive malariallasi malarioillasi
ablative malarialtasi malarioiltasi
allative malariallesi malarioillesi
essive malarianasi malarioinasi
translative malariaksesi malarioiksesi
abessive malariattasi malarioittasi
instructive
comitative malarioinesi

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compounds

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Anagrams

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)

  1. malaria
    Synonym: paludisme

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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

From Dutch malaria, from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (bad) and aria (air).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria (first-person possessive malariaku, second-person possessive malariamu, third-person possessive malarianya)

  1. (medicine) malaria, a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

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Interlingua

Noun

malaria (uncountable)

  1. malaria

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

From mal- (bad) +‎ aria (air).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈla.rja/
  • Rhymes: -arja
  • Hyphenation: ma‧là‧ria

Noun

malaria f (plural malarie)

  1. (pathology) malaria

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Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

malaria f (genitive malariae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) malaria

Declension

First-declension noun.

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Italian mala aria.

Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

  1. malaria

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Italian mala aria.

Noun

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

  1. malaria

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈla.rja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arja
  • Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria f

  1. malaria
    Synonyms: febra, zimnica

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlaɾja/
  • Rhymes: -aɾja
  • Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

Noun

malaria f (plural malarias)

  1. malaria

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

From English malaria.

Pronunciation

Noun

malaria (n class, plural malaria)

  1. malaria

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (bad) and aria (air).

Pronunciation

Noun

malaria c (uncountable)

  1. malaria

Declension

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References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English malaria.

Noun

malaria

  1. malaria