difteri

Danish

Alternative forms

• difteritis

Etymology

From French diphtérie, diphthérie, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Noun

difteri c (singular definite difterien, not used in plural form)

1. (pathology) diphtheria

   Synonym: (rare) strubehoste

Declension

Declension of difteri

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	difteri	difterien
genitive	difteris	difteriens

References

• “difteri” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch difterie, from French diphtérie, diphthérie, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “prepared hide, leather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɪftəˈri]
• Hyphenation: dif‧tê‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri, -i

Noun

diftêri (plural difteri-difteri)

1. (pathology) diphtheria: A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Alternative forms

• diftéria (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

• difteri kutaneus

Further reading

• “difteri”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French diphtérie, diphthérie.

Noun

difteri m (definite singular difterien, indefinite plural difterier, definite plural difteriene)

1. (pathology) diphtheria

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French diphtérie, diphthérie.

Noun

difteri m (definite singular difterien, indefinite plural difteriar, definite plural difteriane)

1. (pathology) diphtheria

Swedish

Noun

difteri c

1. (pathology) diphtheria

Declension

Declension of difteri

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	difteri	difteris
	definite	difterin	difterins
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Synonyms

• stryparsjuka (literally “strangling disease”)
• äkta krupp (literally “genuin croup”)

Derived terms

• huddifteri
• luftvägsdifteri

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیفته‌ری, دیفتری, from French diphtérie. Doublet of defter (“notebook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dif.teˈɾi/

Noun

difteri (definite accusative difteriyi, plural difteriler)

1. diphtheria

Further reading

• “difteri”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu