infirmity

English

Etymology

infirm +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

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Noun

infirmity (countable and uncountable, plural infirmities)

1. feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
2. a moral weakness or defect

Related terms

• infirm (adjective)

Translations

feebleness

• Bulgarian: слабост (bg) f (slabost), немощ (bg) f (nemošt)
• Finnish: raihnaisuus (fi), vanhuudenheikkous
• French: infirmité (fr) f
• German: Gebrechlichkeit f
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌹 n (unhaili)
• Greek: αδυναμία (el) f (adynamía), αναπηρία (el) f (anapiría)
• Latin: debilitas f, infirmitas f, infirmitas f, infirmitas

• Manx: neufondid m, asslaynt f, meillid m
• Maori: tārututanga
• Ngazidja Comorian: urewe 11
• Romanian: infirmitate (ro) f, debilitate (ro) f
• Sanskrit: रपस् (sa) n (rapas)
• Spanish: enfermedad (es) f
• Swedish: skröplighet (sv) c, bräcklighet (sv) c