herpes

See also: Herpes and herpès

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Latin herpēs, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ).piz/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɚ.piz/

Noun

herpes (plural herpeses)

1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

Synonyms

• herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

Hyponyms

• herpes simplex
• herpes zoster

Derived terms

• genital herpes
• herpes angina
• herpes gladiatorum
• herpes simplex virus
• space herpes

 

Related terms

• herpetology (“the branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians”)

Translations

viral disease

• Arabic: هِرْبِس m (hirbis)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: herpe m
• Belarusian: герпес m (hjerpjes)
• Catalan: herpes m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皰疹／疱疹 (zh) (pàozhěn)

• Czech: opar (cs) m
• Danish: herpes
• Esperanto: herpeto
• Finnish: herpes (fi)
• French: herpès (fr) m
• Galician: herpes m
• German: Herpes (de) m
• Greek: έρπης (el) m (érpis)

  Ancient: ἕρπης m (hérpēs)

• Greenlandic: herpes
• Hebrew: הֶרְפֶּס (he) m (hérpes), שַׁלְבֶּקֶת (he) f (shalbéqet)
• Hungarian: herpesz (hu)
• Japanese: 疱疹 (ja) (ほうしん, hōshin)
• Kashubian: òpriszczka f
• Kazakh: ұшық (ūşyq), теміреткі (temıretkı)
• Korean: 포진(疱疹) (ko) (pojin)
• Maori: pāpaka
• Norman: hèrpies m pl (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: herpes (no) m

  Nynorsk: herpes m

• Polish: opryszczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: herpes (pt) m or f
• Russian: ге́рпес (ru) m (gérpes), лиша́й (ru) m (lišáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: херпес m

  Roman: herpes (sh) m

• Spanish: herpes (es) m or f, herpe m or f
• Swahili: tego (sw)
• Tagalog: sakit-ahas
• Thai: เริม (th) (rəəm)
• Turkish: uçuk (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “herpes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “herpes”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “herpes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

Asturian

Noun

herpes

1. plural of herpe

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛr.pəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈeɾ.pes]

Noun

herpes m (invariable)

1. herpes

Derived terms

• herpes zòster

Further reading

• “herpes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “herpes”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “herpes” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “herpes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrpɛs]

Noun

herpes m inan

1. herpes

   Synonym: opar

Declension

Declension of herpes (hard masculine inanimate irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	herpes	herpety
genitive	herpetu	herpetů
dative	herpetu	herpetům
accusative	herpes	herpety
vocative	herpete	herpety
locative	herpetu	herpetech
instrumental	herpetem	herpety

Further reading

• herpes in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• herpes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• herpes in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

herpes

1. herpes

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English herpes), ultimately from Latin herpēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈherpes/, [ˈhe̞rpe̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -erpes
• Syllabification^(key): her‧pes

Noun

herpes

1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

Declension

Inflection of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		herpes	—
genitive		herpeksen	—
partitive		herpestä	—
illative		herpekseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		herpes	—
accusative	nom.	herpes	—
	gen.	herpeksen
genitive		herpeksen	—
partitive		herpestä	—
inessive		herpeksessä	—
elative		herpeksestä	—
illative		herpekseen	—
adessive		herpeksellä	—
ablative		herpekseltä	—
allative		herpekselle	—
essive		herpeksenä	—
translative		herpekseksi	—
abessive		herpeksettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of herpes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative herpekseni — accusative nom. herpekseni — gen. herpekseni genitive herpekseni — partitive herpestäni — inessive herpeksessäni — elative herpeksestäni — illative herpekseeni — adessive herpekselläni — ablative herpekseltäni — allative herpekselleni — essive herpeksenäni — translative herpeksekseni — abessive herpeksettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative herpeksesi — accusative nom. herpeksesi — gen. herpeksesi genitive herpeksesi — partitive herpestäsi — inessive herpeksessäsi — elative herpeksestäsi — illative herpekseesi — adessive herpekselläsi — ablative herpekseltäsi — allative herpeksellesi — essive herpeksenäsi — translative herpekseksesi — abessive herpeksettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative herpeksemme — accusative nom. herpeksemme — gen. herpeksemme genitive herpeksemme — partitive herpestämme — inessive herpeksessämme — elative herpeksestämme — illative herpekseemme — adessive herpeksellämme — ablative herpekseltämme — allative herpeksellemme — essive herpeksenämme — translative herpekseksemme — abessive herpeksettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative herpeksenne — accusative nom. herpeksenne — gen. herpeksenne genitive herpeksenne — partitive herpestänne — inessive herpeksessänne — elative herpeksestänne — illative herpekseenne — adessive herpeksellänne — ablative herpekseltänne — allative herpeksellenne — essive herpeksenänne — translative herpekseksenne — abessive herpeksettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative herpeksensä — accusative nom. herpeksensä — gen. herpeksensä genitive herpeksensä — partitive herpestään herpestänsä — inessive herpeksessään herpeksessänsä — elative herpeksestään herpeksestänsä — illative herpekseensä — adessive herpeksellään herpeksellänsä — ablative herpekseltään herpekseltänsä — allative herpekselleen herpeksellensä — essive herpeksenään herpeksenänsä — translative herpeksekseen herpekseksensä — abessive herpeksettään herpeksettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• genitaaliherpes
• herpesvirus
• huuliherpes
• sukuelinherpes

 

Further reading

• “herpes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

Noun

herpes

1. herpes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛr.pes/

Noun

herpes m

1. herpes

Synonyms

• (rare) erpete

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛrpeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pes/, [ˈɛrpes]

Noun

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

1. herpes
2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	herpēs	herpētēs
Genitive	herpētis	herpētum
Dative	herpētī	herpētibus
Accusative	herpētem	herpētēs
Ablative	herpēte	herpētibus
Vocative	herpēs	herpētēs

References

• “herpes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• herpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.pis/ [ˈɛh.pis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.pis/ [ˈɛh.pis]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.pis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛʁ.piʃ/ [ˈɛχ.piʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɻ.pes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɾ.pɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: her‧pes

Noun

herpes m or f (invariable)

1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French herpès, from Latin herpes.

Noun

herpes n (plural herpesuri)

1. herpes

Declension

Declension of herpes

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) herpes	herpesul	(niște) herpesuri	herpesurile
genitive/dative	(unui) herpes	herpesului	(unor) herpesuri	herpesurilor
vocative	herpesule		herpesurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾpes/ [ˈeɾ.pes]
• Rhymes: -eɾpes
• Syllabification: her‧pes

Noun

herpes m (plural herpes)

1. herpes
2. cold sore

   Synonym: calentura

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

herpes c

1. herpes

References

• herpes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)