difteria

See also: diftéria

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see French diphtérie), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdifteriɑ/, [ˈdift̪e̞ˌriɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): dif‧te‧ri‧a

Noun

difteria

1. diphtheria

Declension

Inflection of difteria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		difteria	difteriat
genitive		difterian	difterioiden difterioitten
partitive		difteriaa	difterioita
illative		difteriaan	difterioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		difteria	difteriat
accusative	nom.	difteria	difteriat
	gen.	difterian
genitive		difterian	difterioiden difterioitten difteriainrare
partitive		difteriaa	difterioita
inessive		difteriassa	difterioissa
elative		difteriasta	difterioista
illative		difteriaan	difterioihin
adessive		difterialla	difterioilla
ablative		difterialta	difterioilta
allative		difterialle	difterioille
essive		difteriana	difterioina
translative		difteriaksi	difterioiksi
instructive		—	difterioin
abessive		difteriatta	difterioitta
comitative		—	difterioineen

Possessive forms of difteria (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	difteriani	difteriamme
2nd person	difteriasi	difterianne
3rd person	difteriansa

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Portuguese

Noun

difteria f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) diphtheria (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract)

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Spanish

Noun

difteria f (uncountable)

1. diphtheria

Further reading

• “difteria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014