hay fever

hay fever

See also: hayfever and hay-fever

English

Alternative forms

• hay-fever
• hayfever

Etymology

First attested by John Bostock in 1819.[1] The smell of hay in the summer was thought to be the origin of the condition.[2]

Noun

hay fever (usually uncountable, plural hay fevers)

1. (pathology, immunology) An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.

Synonyms

• allergic rhinitis
• hay asthma
• hay cold
• pollinosis
• rose fever

Derived terms

• non-seasonal hay fever, nonseasonal hay fever
• perennial hay fever

Translations

allergy to pollen

Afrikaans: hooikoors Basque: errinitis alergikoa Bulgarian: сенна треска f (senna treska) Chinese: Mandarin: 枯草熱／枯草热 (zh) (kūcǎorè), 花粉症 (zh) (huāfěnzhèng), 花粉熱／花粉热 (zh) (huāfěnrè) Czech: senná rýma (cs) f Danish: høfeber (da) c Dutch: hooikoorts (nl) f Faroese: hoyfepur Finnish: heinänuha (fi) French: rhume des foins (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Heuschnupfen (de) m Hebrew: קדחת השחת‎ f (kadákhat hashákhat) Hungarian: szénanátha (hu) Icelandic: heymæði f Interlingua: febre del feno, pollinosis Italian: raffreddore da fieno m, febbre da fieno f, pollinosi (it) f Japanese: 花粉症 (ja) (かふんしょう, kafunshō) Latvian: siena drudzis Maori: ihu pāwera, mate ihu pāwera Norman: maladie du fain f Norwegian: Bokmål: høysnue m Nynorsk: høysnue m Polish: katar sienny m (common use), pyłkowica f (medical term) Portuguese: febre de feno f Russian: сенна́я лихора́дка (ru) f (sennája lixorádka) Scottish Gaelic: am fiabhras-feòir m Spanish: fiebre del heno f, polinosis Swedish: hösnuva (sv) c Thai: ไข้ละอองฟาง Turkish: saman nezlesi (tr) Ukrainian: поліно́з m (polinóz), сінна́ гаря́чка f (sinná harjáčka) Welsh: clefyd y gwair m

References

1. (Can we date this quote?) (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

2. 2018 July 2, Rachel Dinning, Historyextra‎:

   In fact, the term “hay fever” takes its name from a popular idea in the 19th century that the smell of hay in the summer irritated the body.