allergic

See also al·lèrgic

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-lûrʹ-jĭk, IPA: /ə.ˈlɜr.dʒɪk/, X-SAMPA: /@."l3r.dZIk/
  • (UK) IPA: [ə.ˈlɜː.dʒɪk], X-SAMPA: [@."l3:.dZIk]
  • (US) IPA: [ə.ˈlɝ.dʒɪk], X-SAMPA: [@."l3`.dZIk]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒɪk
• Hyphenation: al‧ler‧gic

Etymology

allergy +‎ -ic

Adjective

allergic (comparative more allergic, superlative most allergic)

1. Of or pertaining to allergy.
2. Having an allergy.

   I am allergic to cats.

3. Excessively sensitive; susceptible.

Related terms

• allergically
• allergy

Translations

pertaining to allergy

• Asturian: alérxicu (ast)
• Catalan: al·lèrgic (ca)
• Czech: alergický (cs) m
• Dutch: allergisch (nl)
• Finnish: allerginen (fi)
• German: allergisch (de)
• Japanese: アレルギー性の (arerugīsei no); アレルギーの (arerugī no)
• Macedonian: алергиски (mk) (alérgiski)

• Manx: allerjagh (gv)
• Portuguese: alérgico (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алѐргичан (sh)

  Roman: alèrgičan (sh)

• Spanish: alérgico (es)
• Swedish: allergisk (sv)

having an allergy

• Asturian: alérxicu (ast)
• Catalan: al·lèrgic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過敏 (cmn), 过敏 (cmn) (guòmǐn), 過敏性 (cmn), 过敏性 (cmn) (guòmǐnxìng)

• Czech: alergický (cs) m
• Dutch: allergisch (nl)
• Finnish: allerginen (fi)
• French: allergique (fr)
• Galician: alérxico (gl)
• German: allergisch (de)
• Japanese: アレルギー性の (arerugīsei no); アレルギーの (arerugī no)

• Macedonian: алергичен (mk) (alérgičen)
• Maltese: allerġiku (mt)
• Manx: allerjagh (gv)
• Portuguese: alérgico (pt)
• Russian: аллергичный (ru) (allergíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алѐргичан (sh)

  Roman: alèrgičan (sh)

• Spanish: alérgico (es)
• Swedish: allergisk (sv)

excessively sensitive

• Dutch: allergisch (nl)
• Finnish: allerginen (fi)
• German: allergisch (de)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алѐргичан (sh)

  Roman: alèrgičan (sh)

• Swedish: allergisk (sv)

Noun

allergic (plural allergics)

1. A person with a tendency to having allergies; a person with multiple or severe allergies.