myxomatose

See also: Myxomatose

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from French myxomatose as the disease spread into Belgium and the Netherlands from France, from German Myxomatose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪk.soː.maːˈtoː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: myxo‧ma‧to‧se
• Rhymes: -oːzə

Noun

myxomatose f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. myxomatosis (contagious viral disease affecting rabbits) [from early 1950s]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mik.sɔ.ma.toz/

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Noun

myxomatose f (uncountable)

1. myxomatosis
   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexandre:

     Il disait : “Savez-vous quelle est la différence entre la myxomatose et la blennorragie ?" Vous le savez ? Eh bien, la myxomatose est une maladie du lapin, et la blennorragie est une maladie de la pine.

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Further reading

• “myxomatose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.