malaria
See also: Malaria, malaría, malária, malària, and malarią
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)
- A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
- Synonyms: ague, (archaic) paludism
- (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.
Derived terms
- malarial
- antimalarial
Translations
disease
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Further reading
malaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
From Italian malaria.
Noun
malaria c (singular definite malariaen, not used in plural form)
- (pathology) malaria
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria
Noun
malaria f (uncountable)
- malaria
Descendants
- → Caribbean Hindustani: maláriyá
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian malaria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑlɑriɑ/, [ˈmɑlɑˌriɑ]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): ma‧la‧ri‧a
Noun
malaria
- malaria
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 malariainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | malarioin | |
| abessive | malariatta | malarioitta | |
| comitative | — | malarioineen | |
| Possessive forms of malaria (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | malariani | malariamme |
| 2nd person | malariasi | malarianne |
| 3rd person | malariansa | |
Anagrams
- Maalari, maalari
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.la.ʁja/
audio (file)
Noun
malaria f (plural malarias)
- malaria
- Synonym: paludisme
Further reading
- “malaria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- alarmai
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch malaria, from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈlaria̯]
- Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria
Noun
malaria (first-person possessive malariaku, second-person possessive malariamu, third-person possessive malarianya)
- (medicine) malaria, a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
Further reading
- “malaria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
malaria (uncountable)
- malaria
Italian
Etymology
From mal- (“bad”) + aria (“air”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈla.rja/
- Rhymes: -arja
- Hyphenation: ma‧là‧ria
Noun
malaria f (plural malarie)
- (pathology) malaria
Derived terms
- malarico
Anagrams
- alamari
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈla.ri.a/, [mäˈɫ̪äriä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈla.ri.a/, [mäˈläːriä]
Noun
malaria f (genitive malariae); first declension
- (New Latin) malaria
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | malaria | malariae |
| Genitive | malariae | malariārum |
| Dative | malariae | malariīs |
| Accusative | malariam | malariās |
| Ablative | malariā | malariīs |
| Vocative | malaria | malariae |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Italian mala aria.
Noun
malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)
- malaria
References
- “malaria” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian mala aria.
Noun
malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)
- malaria
References
- “malaria” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian malaria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈla.rja/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -arja
- Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria
Noun
malaria f
- malaria
- Synonyms: febra, zimnica
Declension
Declension of malaria
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | malaria |
| genitive | malarii |
| dative | malarii |
| accusative | malarię |
| instrumental | malarią |
| locative | malarii |
| vocative | malario |
Derived terms
adjective
- malaryczny
Further reading
- malaria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- malaria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlaɾja/ [maˈla.ɾja]
- Rhymes: -aɾja
- Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria
Noun
malaria f (plural malarias)
- malaria
Further reading
- “malaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
From English malaria.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
malaria (n class, plural malaria)
- malaria
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma¹lɑːrɪa/, [ma¹l̪ɑ̹ːrɪa]
Noun
malaria c (uncountable)
- malaria
Declension
| Declension of malaria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | malaria | malarian | — | — |
| Genitive | malarias | malarians | — | — |
References
- malaria in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English malaria.
Noun
malaria
- malaria