longontsteking

Dutch

Etymology

long (“lung”) +‎ ontsteking (“infection, inflammation”) (from ontsteken (“to light, detonate, to infect”) +‎ -ing)

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋɔn(t)ˌsteːkɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: long‧ont‧ste‧king

Noun

longontsteking f (plural longontstekingen, diminutive longontstekingetje n or longontstekinkje n)

1. The disease pneumonia, a serious infection of the lung(s)

Synonyms

• pneumonie