plague
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English plage, from Old French plage, from Late Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen), Middle Low German plāge, pflāge, vlāge, Middle High German plāge (> German Plage), plāgen (> German plagen), Swedish plåga, French plaie.
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Noun[edit]
plague (plural plagues)
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
- A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
- A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates
- Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease.
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Translations[edit]
specific disease "the Plague"
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an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
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widespread affliction, calamity
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a nuisance
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Verb[edit]
plague (third-person singular simple present plagues, present participle plaguing, simple past and past participle plagued)
- (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
- (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
- Natural catastrophies plagued the colonists till they abandoned the pestilent marshland
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Translations[edit]
to harass
to afflict with disease or calamity
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
plague
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of plagar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of plagar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of plagar.
