illness

English

Etymology

From ill +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪl.nəs/
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Rhymes: -ɪlnəs

Noun

illness (countable and uncountable, plural illnesses)

(countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.
suffer form a severe illness
a mild illness
(uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
Many working days this year have been lost through illness.

Synonyms

(instance): sickness
(state): sickness
See also Thesaurus:disease

Derived terms

mental illness

Related terms

ill

Translations

an instance of a disease or poor health

Afrikaans: siekte (af)
Aklanon: sakit
Albanian: sëmundje (sq) f
Arabic: مَرَض‎ (ar) m (maraḍ), دَاء‎ m (dāʾ)
Armenian: հիվանդություն (hy) (hivandutʿyun)
Aromanian: lãngoari f, tetã f
Assamese: ৰোগ (rüg)
Azerbaijani: xəstəlik (az)
Bashkir: ауырыу (awırıw)
Belarusian: хваро́ба f (xvaróba)
Bengali: রোগ (bn) (rog), অসুস্থতা (bn) (ôsusthôta), ব্যাধি (bn) (bẏadhi)
Bikol Central: hilang (bcl)
Bulgarian: бо́лест (bg) f (bólest), заболяване (bg) (zaboljavane)
Burmese: နာမကျန်း (my) (nama.kyan:), ဗျာဓိ (my) (byadhi.), အဖျားအနာ (my) (a.hpya:a.na), ရောဂါ (my) (rau:ga)
Buryat: үбшэн (übšen)
Catalan: malaltia (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎥᏳᎩ (vyugi)
Chinese:
Dungan: бин (bin), бинҗи (binži), бемар (bi͡əmar)
Mandarin: 疾病 (zh) (jíbìng), 病症 (zh) (bìngzhèng), 病 (zh) (bìng), 患病期間／患病期间 (huànbìng qījiān), 病情 (zh) (bìngqíng), 病疾 (bìngjí)
Chukchi: тъычгыргын (tʺyčgyrgyn), аʼратгыргын (aʼratgyrgyn)
Crimean Tatar: maraz
Czech: nemoc (cs) f
Danish: sygdom (da) c
Dutch: ziekte (nl) f, aandoening (nl) f
Egyptian:

(mrt)
Esperanto: afekcio, malsano (eo)
Estonian: haigus (et)
Finnish: sairaus (fi)
French: maladie (fr) f
Galician: enfermidade (gl) f, doenza (gl) f
Georgian: ავადმყოფობა (avadmq̇opoba)
German: Krankheit (de) f
Alemannic German: Chranket f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (sauhts), 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌴𐌹 f (siukei), 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌹 n (unhaili)
Greek: αρρώστια (el) f (arróstia), ασθένεια (el) f (asthéneia)
Ancient: νόσος f (nósos)
Ionic: νοῦσος f (noûsos)
Gujarati: બીમારી f (bīmārī), માંદગી (mā̃dgī)
Hawaiian: maʻi
Hebrew: מַחֲלָה‎ (he) f (makhalá)
Hindi: रोग (hi) m (rog), बीमारी f (bīmārī), अस्वस्थता f (asvasthatā), मरज़ f (maraz), व्याधि (hi) f (vyādhi)
Hungarian: betegség (hu)
Icelandic: sjúkdómur (is) m
Indonesian: penyakit (id)
Irish: breoiteacht f, othras m, galar (ga) m
Italian: malattia (it)
Japanese: 病気 (ja) (びょうき, byōki), 疾病 (ja) (しっぺい, shippei)
Kannada: ರೋಗ (kn) (rōga), ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯ (kn) (anārōgya)
Kazakh: ауру (kk) (auru)
Khmer: ជំងឺ (km) (cumngɨɨ), ជម្ងឺ (km) (cumngɨɨ), រោគ (km) (rook) (formal)
Korean: 질병(疾病) (ko) (jilbyeong), 병 (ko) (byeong)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: nexweşî (ku), bîmarî (ku), merez (ku)
Kyrgyz: оору (ky) (ooru)
Ladino: hazinura
Lao: ພະຍາດ (lo) (pha nyāt), ໂຣກ (rōk), ໂລກ (lo) (lōk), ໂຣຄາ (rō khā), ໂລຄາ (lo) (lō khā)
Latin: morbus (la) m, aegror m
Latvian: slimība f
Lithuanian: liga (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Krankheet f, Kränkt f
Macedonian: болест f (bolest)
Malay: penyakit (ms)
Malayalam: രോഗം (ml) (rōgaṃ)
Maltese: mard m
Manchu: ᠨᡳᠮᡝᡴᡠ (nimeku)
Mansaka: sakit
Marathi: रोग m (rog)
Middle English: seknesse
Mongolian: өвчин (mn) (övčin)
Nepali: रोग (ne) (rog)
Ngazidja Comorian: uwaɗe class 11/10
Norman: maladie f
Northwestern Ojibwa: aakoziwin
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sykdom (no) m, sjukdom (no) m, sjuke m, syke m
Nynorsk: sjukdom m, sjuke m or f
Old English: ādl f
Oromo: dhukkuba
Ossetian: рын (ryn)
Papiamentu: malu
Pashto: بيماري‎ (ps) f (bimārí), ناروغي‎ (ps) f (nāroǧí), مرض‎ m (maráz)
Persian: بیماری‎ (fa) (bimâri), مرض‎ (fa) (maraz)
Plautdietsch: Krankheit f
Polish: choroba (pl) f
Portuguese: doença (pt) f, enfermidade (pt) f, maladia (pt) f
Romanian: boală (ro) f
Russian: боле́знь (ru) f (boléznʹ), хворь (ru) f (xvorʹ), неду́г (ru) m (nedúg)
Rusyn: хворота f (xvorota)
Sanskrit: रोग (sa) m (roga), व्याधि (sa) m (vyādhi), अस्वस्थता (sa) f (asvasthatā)
Serbo-Croatian: tegoba (sh) f
Cyrillic: бо̏ле̄ст f
Roman: bȍlēst (sh) f
Sinhalese: ලඩෙ (laḍe)
Slovak: choroba (sk) f, nemoc f
Slovene: bolezen (sl) f
Spanish: enfermedad (es)
Swahili: ugonjwa (sw) class u, maradhi (sw) class ma
Swedish: sjukdom (sv) c
Tagalog: sakit (tl)
Tajik: беморӣ (tg) (bemorī), касалӣ (kasalī), мараз (maraz)
Tamil: நோய் (ta) (nōy), ரோகம் (ta) (rōkam)
Tatar: авыру (tt) (awıru)
Telugu: వ్యాధి (te) (vyādhi), రోగము (te) (rōgamu)
Thai: โรค (th) (rôok), โรคา (th) (roo-kaa), โรคภัย (rôok-pai), พยาธิ (th) (pá-yâat) (literary)
Tibetan: ན་ཚ (na tsha), སྙུང་གཞི (snyung gzhi) (honorific)
Tocharian B: teki
Turkish: hastalık (tr), maraz (tr)
Turkmen: hassalyk, kesel, nähoşlyk
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎕 (mrṣ)
Ukrainian: хворо́ба (uk) f (xvoróba)
Urdu: روگ‎ m (rog), بیماری‎ f (bīmārī), مرض‎ f (maraz)
Uyghur: كېسەللىك‎ (kësellik)
Uzbek: kasallik (uz), xastalik (uz)
Vietnamese: bệnh (vi), sự đau yếu, sự ốm (vi)
Yakut: ыарыы (ıarıı)
Yiddish: קראַנקײַט‎ f (krankayt)

a state of bad health

Armenian: անառողջություն (anaṙołǰutʿyun)
Bashkir: ауырыу (awırıw), сир (sir)
Bulgarian: боледуване n (boleduvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 病 (zh) (bìng), 生病 (zh) (shēngbìng)
Danish: syg (da)
Finnish: sairaus (fi)
Galician: enfermidade (gl) f, doenza (gl) f
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 f (sauhts), 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌺𐌴𐌹 f (siukei)
Greek: ασθένεια (el) f (asthéneia)
Hungarian: betegség (hu)
Irish: othras m, galar (ga) m
Maori: māuiuitanga
Portuguese: enfermidade (pt) f, doença (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: euslaint f
Serbo-Croatian: oboljenje (sh) n, oboljelost (sh) f, bolest (sh) f, болест f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swahili: ugonjwa (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "disease"

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} siekte (af)
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} sëmundje (sq) f
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مَرَض‎ (ar) (maraḍ), ^{(please verify)} دَاء‎ m (dāʾ), ^{(please verify)} سُقْم‎ m (suqm)
Basque: ^{(please verify)} gaixotasun (eu)
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} malaltia (ca) f
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malsano (eo)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} haigus (et)
Faroese: ^{(please verify)} sjúka
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ავადმყოფობა (avadmq̇opoba)
Haitian Creole: ^{(please verify)} maladi
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} חֹלִי‎ (he)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} bimari (bimari)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} betegség (hu)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} sakitnya (id)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} tinneas (ga)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} malattia (it) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} نەخۆشی‎ (ku) (nexoşî)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} aegritudo
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} slimība
Malay: ^{(please verify)} penyakit (ms)
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} സുഖക്കേട് (ml) (sukhakkēṭŭ), ^{(please verify)} രോഗം (ml) (rōgaṃ)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} sjukdom (no)
Norwegian Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} sykdom (no) m
Old English: ^{(please verify)} adl, ^{(please verify)} leġer
Persian: ^{(please verify)} مرض‎ (fa) (maraz)
Santali: ^{(please verify)} ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} trioblaid f, ^{(please verify)} galar m, ^{(please verify)} tinneas m, ^{(please verify)} euslaint f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} nemoc
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} obolenje n
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} enfermedad (es) f
Sranan Tongo: ^{(please verify)} siki
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} chirwa (sw)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sjukdom (sv) c
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} sakit (tl)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} โรค (th) (rōk), ^{(please verify)} โรคภัยไข้เจ็บ (th) (rōk-phây-khái-čēp), ^{(please verify)} โรคาพยาธิ (rō-khā-pa-yā-thi)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} hastalık (tr)
Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} bitabliq‎ (bitabliq)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự đau yếu
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} salwch (cy), ^{(please verify)} gwaeledd m
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} sykte
Yucatec Maya: ^{(please verify)} k’oha’nil