lepra

See also: Lepra

English

Etymology

Latin. See leper.

Noun

lepra (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) leprosy
2. A scurfy, mealy substance on the surface of some plants.

Usage notes

• This term was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lepra in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• APLer, Alper, Pearl, paler, parle, pearl, repla

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpra]
• Rhymes: -pra
• Hyphenation: le‧p‧ra

Noun

lepra f

1. leprosy

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	lepry
genitive	lepry	leper
dative	lepře	leprám
accusative	lepru	lepry
vocative	lepro	lepry
locative	lepře	leprách
instrumental	leprou	leprami

Derived terms

• lepróza
• lepromatózní
• leprosarium
• leprosárium

Anagrams

• perla
• raple

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: le‧pra

Noun

lepra m (uncountable)

1. leprosy

Synonyms

• melaatsheid

Anagrams

• parel

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Finnish

(index le)

Noun

lepra

1. (medicine) leprosy

Declension

Inflection of lepra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		lepra	—
genitive		lepran	—
partitive		lepraa	—
illative		lepraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		lepra	—
accusative	nom.	lepra	—
	gen.	lepran
genitive		lepran	—
partitive		lepraa	—
inessive		leprassa	—
elative		leprasta	—
illative		lepraan	—
adessive		lepralla	—
ablative		lepralta	—
allative		lepralle	—
essive		leprana	—
translative		lepraksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		lepratta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of lepra (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	leprani	lepramme
2nd person	leprasi	lepranne
3rd person	lepransa

Synonyms

• Hansenin tauti
• spitaali

See also

• spitaalinen

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Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ˈlɛprɒ]
• Hyphenation: lep‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Adjective

lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)

1. (slang) stinking (very bad)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	leprák
accusative	leprát	leprákat
dative	leprának	lepráknak
instrumental	leprával	leprákkal
causal-final	lepráért	leprákért
translative	leprává	leprákká
terminative	lepráig	leprákig
essive-formal	lepraként	leprákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	leprában	leprákban
superessive	leprán	leprákon
adessive	lepránál	lepráknál
illative	leprába	leprákba
sublative	leprára	leprákra
allative	leprához	leprákhoz
elative	leprából	leprákból
delative	lepráról	leprákról
ablative	leprától	lepráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lepráé	lepráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lepráéi	leprákéi

Noun

lepra (plural leprák)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	leprák
accusative	leprát	leprákat
dative	leprának	lepráknak
instrumental	leprával	leprákkal
causal-final	lepráért	leprákért
translative	leprává	leprákká
terminative	lepráig	leprákig
essive-formal	lepraként	leprákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	leprában	leprákban
superessive	leprán	leprákon
adessive	lepránál	lepráknál
illative	leprába	leprákba
sublative	leprára	leprákra
allative	leprához	leprákhoz
elative	leprából	leprákból
delative	lepráról	leprákról
ablative	leprától	lepráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	lepráé	lepráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	lepráéi	leprákéi

Possessive forms of lepra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	leprám	lepráim
2nd person sing.	leprád	lepráid
3rd person sing.	leprája	leprái
1st person plural	lepránk	lepráink
2nd person plural	leprátok	lepráitok
3rd person plural	leprájuk	lepráik

Derived terms

• leprás

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Italian

Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of lebbra

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pra/, [ˈlɛ.pra]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pra/, [ˈlɛː.pra]

Noun

lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension

1. leprosy

Usage notes

This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lepra	leprae
Genitive	leprae	leprārum
Dative	leprae	leprīs
Accusative	lepram	leprās
Ablative	leprā	leprīs
Vocative	lepra	leprae

Derived terms

• leprōsus

Descendants

• Italian: lebbra
• Portuguese: lepra
• Russian: лепра (lepra)
• Spanish: lepra

References

• lepra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lepra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Polish

Noun

lepra f

1. leprosy

Declension

declension of lepra

	singular	plural
nominative	lepra	lepry
genitive	lepry	lepr
dative	leprze	leprom
accusative	leprę	lepry
instrumental	leprą	leprami
locative	leprze	leprach
vocative	lepro	lepry

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾa/, /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

Synonyms

• mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase

Related terms

• leprologia
• leprologista
• leprólogo
• leproma

• leprosaria
• leprosário
• leproso

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepɾa/

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy

Related terms

• leproso

Further reading

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