acne

See also: Acne and acné

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækni/, (Indic) /ˈakne/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækni

Noun

acne (usually uncountable, plural acnes or acnae)

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; acne vulgaris.

   He struggled with severe acne during his teenage years.

   The dermatologist prescribed a cream to treat her acne.

2. A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.
3. Any of several other skin conditions that resemble acne vulgaris.

   Synonym: acneiform eruption

Derived terms

• acne conglobata
• acne cosmetica
• acned
• acneform
• acnegenic
• acneic
• acneiform
• acne inversa
• acne mechanica
• acne neonatorum
• acne rosacea
• acne varioliformis
• acne vulgaris
• antiacne
• assne
• bacne
• catne
• chacne
• chloracne
• crackne
• mask acne
• maskne
• sackne
• shadow acne

Translations

a skin condition

• Arabic: حَبُّ الشَّبَاب m pl (ḥabbu š-šabāb)

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

• Belarusian: вугры́ m pl (vuhrý),
• Bulgarian: акне (akne)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痤瘡 / 痤疮 (zh) (cuóchuāng), 粉刺 (zh) (fěncì)

• Czech: akné (cs) n
• Dutch: acne (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: akno
• Ewe: nyatsu
• Finnish: akne (fi)
• French: acné (fr) f
• Galician: acne (gl) f
• Georgian: აკნე (aḳne)
• German: Akne (de) f
• Greek: ακμή (el) f (akmí)
• Hungarian: akne (hu)
• Indonesian: akne, jerawat (id)
• Irish: aicne f
• Italian: acne (it) f
• Japanese: 痤瘡 (ja) (ざそう, zasō), 面皰 (ja) (ニキビ, にきび, nikibi)
• Kapampangan: dilyawat
• Korean: 여드름 (ko) (yeodeureum), 좌창(痤瘡) (jwachang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pizik (ku)

• Lithuanian: aknė f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akne (no) m

  Nynorsk: akne m

• Odia: ବ୍ରଣ (or) (braṇa)
• Persian: آکنه (fa) (âkne), جوش جوانی (juš-e javâni), رخ‌جوش (rox-juš)
• Plautdietsch: Pekjel m
• Polish: trądzik (pl) m, wągry m pl
• Portuguese: acne (pt) f
• Romanian: acnee (ro) f
• Russian: угри́ (ru) m pl (ugrí), акне́ (ru) f or n (akné)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: акне f pl

  Latin: akne (sh) f pl

• Spanish: acné (es) m
• Swedish: akne (sv)
• Turkish: akne (tr)
• Ukrainian: акне́ (akné), вугрі m du (vuhri)
• Unami: màmkihtëlinkweokàn

a pattern of blemishes resulting from the skin condition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痤瘡 / 痤疮 (zh) (cuóchuāng), 粉刺 (zh) (fěncì)

• Finnish: akne (fi)
• French: acné (fr) f
• Georgian: გამონაყარი (gamonaq̇ari), ფერიმჭამელა (perimč̣amela), მუწუკი (muc̣uḳi)
• German: Akne (de) f
• Greek: ακμή (el) f (akmí)
• Hungarian: pattanás (hu)
• Irish: aicne f
• Italian: acne (it) f
• Japanese: 痤瘡 (ja) (ざそう, zasō), 面皰 (ja) (ニキビ, にきび, nikibi)
• Kapampangan: dilyawat
• Odia: ବ୍ରଣ (or) (braṇa)
• Plautdietsch: Pekjel m
• Polish: trądzik (pl) m
• Portuguese: acne (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бубу̀љице f pl, акне f pl

  Latin: bubùljice (sh) f pl, akne (sh) f pl

• Spanish: acné (es) m
• Unami: màmkihtëlinkweokàn
• Welsh: plorod (cy) m

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kvise (no)

Anagrams

• -ance, Caen, CanE, Cane, Cena, Nace, ance, cane

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaŋ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaŋ.ne]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

acne f (countable and uncountable, plural acnes)

1. acne

Further reading

• “acne”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “acne”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “acne” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “acne”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French acné, from New Latin acne, probably from Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑkˈneː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ac‧ne
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

acne f or m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. acne

Synonyms

• jeugdpuistjes

Descendants

• → Indonesian: akne

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.ne/
• Rhymes: -akne
• Hyphenation: àc‧ne

Noun

acne f (plural acni)

1. (pathology) acne

Derived terms

• acneico

Anagrams

• cane, cena

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ)bor.

Latin acnē

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, top”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈak.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈak.ne]

Noun

acnē f (genitive acnēs); first declension

1. (New Latin) acne

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē).

	singular	plural
nominative	acnē	acnae
genitive	acnēs	acnārum
dative	acnae	acnīs
accusative	acnēn	acnās
ablative	acnē	acnīs
vocative	acnē	acnae

Descendants

• English: acne

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːk.ne/

Adjective

ācne

1. inflection of ācen:
   1. strong accusative feminine singular
   2. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
   3. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
   4. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
   5. weak accusative neuter singular

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ki.ni/, /ˈak.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ki.ni/, /ˈak.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ne/, /ˈa.ki.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.knɨ/

Noun

acne f (plural acnes)

1. (pathology) acne (a skin condition)
2. acne (a pattern of blemishes resulting from the skin condition)

Further reading

• “acne”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acne”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Alternative forms

• akne

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

acne c

1. (pathology) acne

Declension

Declension of acne

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	acne	acnes
	definite	acnen	acnens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “acne”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “acne”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)