cholera

See also Cholera, and choléra

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholē, “bile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒləɹə/, SAMPA: /"kQl@r@/

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Noun

cholera

1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration

Derived terms

• choleraic
• choleroid
• Asiatic cholera
• epidemic cholera
• fowl cholera
• hog cholera
• Indian cholera

Translations

infectious disease

Armenian: խոլերա (hy) (xolera) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 霍亂, simpl. 霍乱 (huòluàn) Czech: cholera (cs) f. Danish: kolera (da) Dutch: cholera (nl) Finnish: kolera (fi) French: choléra (fr) m. German: Cholera (de) f. Greek: χολέρα (el) (choléra) f. Hungarian: kolera (hu)

Italian: colera (it) Japanese: コレラ (ja) (korera) Malay: penyakit taun Norwegian: kolera (no) Polish: cholera (pl) f. Russian: холера (ru) (xoléra) f. Spanish: cólera (es) m. Swahili: kipindupindu (sw) Swedish: kolera (sv) Turkish: kolera (tr)

Related terms

• choler

See also

• gastroenteritis

Anagrams

• achelor
• chorale

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Czech

Noun

cholera f.

1. cholera

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Latin

Noun

cholera (genitive cholerae); f, first declension

1. cholera

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cholera	cholerae
genitive	cholerae	cholerārum
dative	cholerae	cholerīs
accusative	choleram	cholerās
ablative	cholerā	cholerīs
vocative	cholera	cholerae

Descendants

• Russian: холе́ра (xoléra)
• French: colère

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xɔˈlɛra/

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Noun

cholera f.

1. cholera

Declension

	Singular only
Nominative	cholera
Genitive	cholery
Dative	cholerze
Accusative	cholerę
Instrumental	cholerą
Locative	cholerze
Vocative	cholero

Interjection

cholera

1. damn