miasma

English

WOTD – 31 January 2007

Etymology

First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain; pollution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈæzmə/, /maɪˈæzmə/
• enPR: mī-ăz'mə, mē- ăz'mə, IPA^(key): /maɪˈæzmə/, /miˈæzmə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æzmə

Noun

miasma (plural miasmas or miasmata)

1. A noxious atmosphere or influence.
2. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:miasma.

Related terms

• miasmatic

Translations

noxious atmosphere or influence

• Catalan: miasma m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瘴气 (zh) (zhàngqì)

• Dutch: miasma n, miasme n
• Finnish: myrkkyhöyry
• French: miasme (fr) m
• Galician: miasma m
• German: Miasma (de) n
• Greek: μίασμα (el) n (míasma)
• Italian: miasma (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 瘴気 (しょうき, shōki), 毒素 (dokuso)
• Khmer: ជាបរិយាកាសដែលធ្វើឲ្យខូច (pa’re’yaakaah dael tvəə aoy kʰooc)
• Korean: 장기(瘴氣) (janggi), 장독(瘴毒) (jangdok)
• Portuguese: miasma (pt) m
• Russian: миа́зм (ru) m (miázm), миа́зма (ru) f (miázma)
• Spanish: miasma (es)

noxious emanation originates from swamps and causes disease

• Dutch: miasma n, miasme n, moerasdamp m
• Italian: miasma (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: wyziew m
• Portuguese: miasma (pt) m

Anagrams

• Masami, imaams

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1778. Borrowed from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmiˈɑs.maː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mi‧as‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑsmaː

Noun

miasma n (plural miasmata or miasma's, diminutive miasmaatje n)

1. miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
2. (medicine, historical) miasma (emanation from rotting organic matter causing diseases)

Derived terms

• miasmatisch

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmi)

1. miasma

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “pollution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ˈaz.mɐ/, /ˈmjaz.mɐ/
• IPA^(key): /mi.ˈaʒ.mɐ/, /ˈmjaʒ.mɐ/

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmas)

1. miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
2. (medicine, historical) miasma (noxious emanation from swamps that was thought to cause diseases)

Related terms

• miasmático

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Spanish

Noun

miasma m (plural miasmas)

1. miasma