antimalarial

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider.

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

English anti-

English malaria

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English malarial

English antimalarial

From anti- + malarial.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl, -tī-
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/, /-taɪ-/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛ.ɹi.əl/, /-taɪ-/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
• Hyphenation: an‧ti‧ma‧lar‧i‧al

Noun

antimalarial (plural antimalarials)

2. An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.

Translations

agent that prevents or counteracts malaria

• Catalan: antipalúdic m
• Czech: antimalarikum n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: ανθελονοσιακό (el) n (anthelonosiakó)
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: cógas frithmhaláireach m
• Italian: antimalarico (it) m
• Polish: środek przeciwmalaryczny m
• Portuguese: antimalárico m, antipalúdico m
• Romanian: antimalaric (ro), antipaludic (ro)
• Spanish: antimalárico m, antipalúdico (es) m
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

antimalarial (comparative more antimalarial, superlative most antimalarial)

2. Preventing or counteracting malaria.

Derived terms

• antimalarially

Translations

preventing or counteracting malaria

• Catalan: antipalúdic
• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: ανθελονοσιακός (el) (anthelonosiakós)
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: frithmhaláireach
• Italian: antimalarico (it)
• Polish: przeciwmalaryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: antimalárico, antipalúdico, antimalária
• Romanian: antimalaric (ro), antipaludic (ro)
• Spanish: antimalárico, antipalúdico (es)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can