dengue

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish dengue, 1828.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/, /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/, /ˈdɛŋɡʊ/

Noun

dengue (usually uncountable, plural dengues)

1. An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

Synonyms

• breakbone fever
• dandy fever
• dengue fever

Derived terms

• dengue hemorrhagic fever
• dengue shock syndrome

Translations

disease

• Burmese: သွေးလွန်တုပ်ကွေး (my) (swe:lwantupkwe:)
• Dinka: juän awuɔp
• French: dengue (fr)
• German: Denguefieber (de) n
• Greek: δάγγειος πυρετός m (dángeios pyretós)
• Hindi: डंगू m (ḍaṅgū), डैंगू (hi) m (ḍaiṅgū), डैङ्गू (hi) m (ḍaiṅgū), डैंगू फीवर m (ḍaiṅgū phīvar), डंगूज्वर (hi) m (ḍaṅgūjvar), डंगू ज्वर m (ḍaṅgū jvar), लँगड़ा बुखार m (laṅgṛā bukhār)
• Indonesian: demam berdarah (id)
• Khmer: អុតក្ដាម (km) (ot kdaam)
• Lao: ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (khai lư̄at ʼǭk), ພະຍາດໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (lo) (pha nyāt khai lư̄at ʼǭk)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: denggi
• Polish: denga f
• Portuguese: dengue (pt) f
• Spanish: dengue (es) m
• Tagalog: dengge
• Thai: ไข้เด็งกี (kâi denggee)
• Vietnamese: sốt xuất huyết Dingue

Further reading

• dengue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• unedge

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃ɡ/
• Homophones: dingue, dingues

Noun

dengue f (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue

Further reading

• “dengue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• duègne

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish dengue.

Noun

dengue f (plural s)

1. (pathology) dengue (disease)

Etymology 2

Noun

dengue m (plural s)

1. tantrum

Derived terms

• dengo
• denguice

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. dengue (disease)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. playacting (overdramatic behaviour)