allergic

See also: al·lèrgic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos

Proto-Hellenic *áľľos

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Hellenic *wérgon

Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)

German Allergiebor.

English allergy

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English allergic

From allergy + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɜː.dʒɪk/
• (General American) enPR: ə-lûrʹjĭk IPA^(key): /əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk
• Hyphenation: al‧ler‧gic

Adjective

allergic (comparative more allergic, superlative most allergic)

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

   I am allergic to cats.

3. (figurative, humorous) Highly averse.

   I'm allergic to homework.

Derived terms

• aeroallergic
• allergic response
• allergic rhinitis
• allergic salute
• antiallergic
• are you allergic to any medications
• autoallergic
• gastroallergic
• hyperallergic
• hypoallergic
• I'm allergic to aspirin
• I'm allergic to nuts
• I'm allergic to penicillin
• I'm allergic to pollen
• immunoallergic
• nonallergic
• photoallergic
• polyallergic
• proallergic
• pseudoallergic

Related terms

• allergen
• allergically
• allergy

Translations

pertaining to allergy

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

  Mandarin: 過敏的 / 过敏的 (guòmǐn de), 過敏性的 / 过敏性的 (guòmǐnxìng de)

• Czech: alergický (cs) m
• Dutch: allergisch (nl)
• Estonian: allergiline
• Finnish: allerginen (fi)
• German: allergisch (de)
• Hebrew: אָלֶרְגִּי (he) (alérgi)
• Hungarian: allergiás (hu)
• Irish: ailléirgeach
• Italian: allergico (it)
• Japanese: アレルギー性の (arerugīsei no); アレルギーの (ja) (arerugī no)
• Macedonian: алергиски (alergiski)
• Manx: allerjagh
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: аллергический (alĺergičeskij)

• Polish: alergiczny (pl), uczuleniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: alérgico (pt)
• Romanian: alergic (ro)
• Russian: аллерги́ческий (ru) (allergíčeskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алѐргичан

  Latin: alèrgičan

• Spanish: alérgico (es)
• Swedish: allergisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: алергі́чний (uk) (alerhíčnyj), алергі́йний (alerhíjnyj)

having an allergy

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

  Mandarin: 過敏 / 过敏 (zh) (guòmǐn), 過敏性 / 过敏性 (zh) (guòmǐnxìng)

• Czech: alergický (cs) m
• Dutch: allergisch (nl)
• Estonian: allergiline
• Finnish: allerginen (fi)
• French: allergique (fr)
• Galician: alérxico (gl)
• German: allergisch (de)
• Hebrew: אָלֶרְגִּי (he) (alérgi)
• Hungarian: allergiás (hu)
• Irish: ailléirgeach
• Italian: allergico (it)
• Japanese: アレルギー性の (arerugīsei no); アレルギーの (ja) (arerugī no)
• Macedonian: алергичен (alergičen)
• Maltese: allerġiku
• Manx: allerjagh
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: аллергиян (alĺergijan)

• Polish: alergiczny (pl), uczuleniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: alérgico (pt)
• Romanian: alergic (ro)
• Russian: аллерги́чный (ru) (allergíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алѐргичан

  Latin: alèrgičan

• Spanish: alérgico (es)
• Swedish: allergisk (sv)
• Turkish: alerjik (tr)

excessively sensitive

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 敏感 (zh) (mǐngǎn), 過敏 / 过敏 (zh) (guòmǐn)

• Dutch: allergisch (nl)
• Finnish: allerginen (fi)
• German: allergisch (de)
• Polish: alergiczny (pl), uczuleniowy (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алѐргичан

  Latin: alèrgičan

• Swedish: allergisk (sv)

Noun

allergic (plural allergics)

1. A person who has an allergy.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: alergik (pl) m, alergiczka (pl) f, uczuleniowiec m
• Swedish: allergiker (sv) c
• Ukrainian: але́ргік m (alérhik)