cholera
English
Etymology
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From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
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Noun
cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)
- (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.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus
- 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus
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Translations
infectious disease
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
cholera f
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek [Term?].
Pronunciation
Noun
cholera f or m (uncountable)
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Latin
Etymology
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From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔɫ̪ɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.le.ra/, [ˈkɔːlerä]
Noun
cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cholera | cholerae |
Genitive | cholerae | cholerārum |
Dative | cholerae | cholerīs |
Accusative | choleram | cholerās |
Ablative | cholerā | cholerīs |
Vocative | cholera | cholerae |
Descendants
References
- “cholera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cholera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cholera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
cholera f
Declension
Declension of cholera
Interjection
cholera!
- damn!
Slovak
Etymology
From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Declension of cholera
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Further reading
- “cholera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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