morbo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmorbo]
• Rhymes: -orbo
• Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo (accusative singular morbon, plural morboj, accusative plural morbojn)

1. (rare, pathology, formal, medicine) disease

   Synonym: malsano

Usage notes

The native synonym malsano is overwhelmingly preferred over the rare scientific loanword morbo in every context. It sometimes appears in the names of eponymous diseases such as morbo de Parkinson.

Derived terms

• morba (“morbid, pathological”)

Interlingua

Noun

morbo (plural morbos)

1. disease

Italian

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.bo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbo
• Hyphenation: mòr‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbi)

1. (pathology) disease

   Synonym: malattia

Related terms

• ammorbare
• morbido
• morbillo
• morbo di Crohn
• morbo di Parkinson
• morboso

 

Further reading

• morbo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• morbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• bromo, ombro, ombrò, rombo, rombò

Latin

Noun

morbō

1. dative/ablative singular of morbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbus (“illness”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmoʁˈbo/ [ˌmoɦˈbo]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmoʁˈbo/ [ˌmoɦˈbo]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌmoɾˈbo/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmoʁˈbo/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmoɻˈbo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmoɾˈbo/ [ˌmoɾˈβo]

• Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

1. illness, disease

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbus. Doublet of muermo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾbo/ [ˈmoɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

1. (pathology) disease
2. morbid interest in other people or things
3. attraction for unwholesome things; morbid interest
4. (Argentina) peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste; kink

Related terms

• morbosidad
• morboso

 

Further reading

• “morbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014