epidemic

§English

Wikipedia

§Alternative forms

• epidemick (obsolete)

§Etymology

From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

§Noun

epidemic (plural epidemics)

1. A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
2. (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.

§Antonyms

• endemic

§Translations

widespread disease

• Afrikaans: epidemie
• Arabic: وباء (ar) m (wabaa')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 流行病 (zh) (liúxíngbìng), 瘟疫 (zh) (wēnyì)

• Czech: epidemie (cs) f
• Dutch: epidemie (nl)
• Finnish: kulkutauti (fi), epidemia (fi)
• French: épidémie (fr)
• German: Epidemie (de) f, Seuche (de) f
• Greek: επιδημία (el) f (epidimía)
• Hungarian: járvány (hu)
• Icelandic: faraldur (is) m, farsótt (is) f
• Irish: eipidéim f

• Japanese: 伝染病 (ja) (densenbyō), 疫病 (ja) (ekibyō)
• Maori: urutā
• Navajo: naałniih
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farsott (no) m, f, epidemi m

  Nynorsk: epidemi m

• Persian: اپیدمی (fa) (epidmi)
• Polish: epidemia (pl) f
• Portuguese: epidemia (pt) f
• Romanian: epidemie (ro) f, epidemii f pl
• Russian: эпидемия (ru) f (epidémija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пошаст f, епидемија f

  Roman: pošast f, epidemija (sh) f, rednja f

• Sotho: sewa
• Spanish: epidemia (es) f
• Swedish: epidemi (sv) c, farsot (sv) c
• Tagalog: salot (tl)

occurrence of such disease

• Arabic: وباء (ar) m (wabaa')
• Czech: epidemie (cs) f
• Dutch: epidemie (nl)
• Finnish: epidemia (fi)
• French: épidémie (fr)
• Greek: επιδημία (el) f (epidimía)
• Hungarian: járvány (hu)
• Irish: eipidéim f
• Japanese: エピデミック (epidemikku)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: epidemi m

  Nynorsk: epidemi m

• Polish: epidemia (pl) f
• Portuguese: epidemia (pt) f
• Russian: эпидемия (ru) f (epidémija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: епидемија f

  Roman: epidemija (sh) f

• Spanish: epidemia (es) f
• Swedish: epidemi (sv) c

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} epidemio
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} epidemia (it) f, ^{(please verify)} contagio (it) m

§Adjective

epidemic (comparative more epidemic, superlative most epidemic)

1. Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread

   Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.

   • 2003, James C. Howell, Preventing & Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework, SAGE Publications, ISBN 978-0-7619-2509-5, page 19:

     This proportion increased about 5% from 1988 to 1992—hardly a change of epidemic proportions.

§Translations

like an epidemic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 流行性 (zh) (liúxíngxìng)

• Czech: epidemický
• Dutch: epidemisch (nl)
• Esperanto: epidemia (eo)
• Finnish: epideeminen, kulkutaudinomainen
• French: épidémique (fr)
• German: epidemisch
• Greek: επιδημικός (el) m (epidimikós)
• Hungarian: járványos (hu)

• Irish: eipidéimeach
• Italian: epidemico (it)
• Japanese: 流行性 (ryūkōsei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: epidemisk

  Nynorsk: epidemisk

• Polish: epidemiczny
• Portuguese: epidêmico
• Romanian: epidemic (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian: epidèmījskī
• Spanish: epidémico (es)

§Antonyms

• endemic

§Related terms

• pandemic

§See also

• epizootic
• enzootic

§Anagrams

• midpiece