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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French morbide, from Latin morbidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɔrˈbi.də/
- Hyphenation: mor‧bi‧de
- Rhymes: -idə
Adjective
morbide (not comparable)
- morbid
- Synonyms: pathologisch, ziekelijk
Declension
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin morbidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
morbide (plural morbides)
- morbid
- obésité morbide ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
morbide
- inflection of morbid:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Interlingua
Adjective
morbide (comparative plus morbide, superlative le plus morbide)
- morbid, sick (pertaining to disease and illness)
Italian
Adjective
morbide
- feminine plural of morbido
Latin
Adjective
morbide
- vocative masculine singular of morbidus
References
- “morbide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morbide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.