rubella

rubella

English

Etymology

From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈbɛlə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

rubella (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.

Synonyms

• (mild disease): epidemic roseola, French measles, German measles, Liberty measles, three-day measles, 3-day measles, false measles

Translations

disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract

Armenian: կարմրախտ (hy) (karmraxt) Azerbaijani: məxmərək (az) Belarusian: красну́ха f (krasnúxa) Bulgarian: рубеола (bg) f (rubeola) Catalan: rubèola f Chinese: Mandarin: 風疹／风疹 (zh) (fēngzhěn) Czech: zarděnky (cs) f pl Danish: røde hunde Esperanto: rubeolo Finnish: vihurirokko (fi) French: rubéole (fr) f German: Röteln (de) pl Greek: ερυθρά (el) f (erythrá) Hebrew: אַדֶּמֶת‎ f (adémet) Hungarian: rózsahimlő (hu), rubeola (hu) Irish: bruitíneach dhearg f Italian: rosolia (it) f Japanese: 風疹 (ふうしん, fūshin) Luxembourgish: Riselen (lb) pl Macedonian: please add this translation if you can Polish: różyczka (pl) f, kur (pl) m Portuguese: rubéola (pt) f Russian: красну́ха (ru) f (krasnúxa) Slovak: ružienka, rubeola (sk) Sicilian: russànija f Spanish: rubéola (es) f Tagalog: tigdas-hangin Turkish: kızamıkçık (tr) Ukrainian: красну́ха f (krasnúxa) Welsh: brech goch yr Almaen f, y frech Almaenig f, rwbela m

Anagrams

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Latin

Adjective

rubella

1. inflection of rubellus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

rubellā

1. ablative feminine singular of rubellus