acne

English

Etymology

Wikipedia

New Latin, probably a corruption of Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmē, “point, top”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæk.ni/, X-SAMPA: /"{k.ni/

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• Rhymes: -ækni

Noun

acne (plural acnes)

1. (pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
2. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

Translations

a skin condition

• Arabic: حب الشباب (ar) (ḥabb aš-šabab) m pl

  Egyptian Arabic: حب الشباب (ḥabb eš-šabab) m

• Bulgarian: акне (bg) (akne)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痤瘡 (cmn), 痤疮 (cmn) (cuóchuāng)

• Dutch: acne (nl) f and m
• Finnish: akne (fi)
• French: acné (fr) f
• Georgian: აკნე (ka) (akne)
• German: Akne (de) f

• Greek: ακμή (el) (akmí) f
• Hungarian: akne (hu)
• Oriya: ବ୍ରଣ (or)
• Polish: trądzik (pl) m
• Romanian: acnee (ro) f
• Spanish: acné (es) m
• Turkish: akne (tr)

a pattern of blemishes resulting from the skin condition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痤瘡 (cmn), 痤疮 (cmn) (cuóchuāng)

• Finnish: akne (fi)
• French: acné (fr) f
• Georgian: გამონაყარი (ka) (gamonaqari), მუწუები (ka) (mucuebi)
• German: Akne (de) f

• Greek: ακμή (el) (akmí) f
• Hungarian: pattanás (hu)
• Italian: acne (it) f
• Oriya: ବ୍ରଣ (or)
• Polish: trądzik (pl) m

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: にきび (nikibi)

• Norwegian: kvise
• Spanish: acné

Derived terms

• acned
• acne rosacea
• acne vulgaris

Derived terms

• bacne

Anagrams

• ance
• Caen
• cane, CanE

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Pronunciation

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Noun

acne f, m (uncountable)

1. acne

Synonyms

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

acne f (plural acni)

1. (pathology) acne

Derived terms

• acneico

Anagrams

• cane
• cena