shingles

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).

Noun

shingles (uncountable)

1. (pathology, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by , in genus Varicellovirus.

Synonyms

• herpes zoster

Translations

herpes zoster

• Arabic: اَلْهِرْبِس اَلْعَصَبِيّ m (al-hirbis al-ʕaṣabiyy), الهربس العصبيّ m
• Catalan: foc de Sant Antoni m, herpes zòster, zòster
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帶狀皰疹／带状疱疹 (zh) (dàizhuàng pàozhěn), 带状疱疹 (zh) (dàizhuàng pàozhěn), ^{(please verify)} 帶狀皰疹／带状疱疹 (zh) (dàizhuàng pàozhěn)

• Czech: pásový opar m
• Danish: helvedesild c
• Dutch: gordelroos (nl) f, zona (nl)
• Esperanto: zostero
• Estonian: vöötohatis
• Finnish: vyöruusu (fi)
• French: zona (fr) m
• German: Herpes Zoster (de), Gürtelrose (de) f
• Greek: έρπης ζωστήρ m (érpis zostír)

  Ancient: ἕρπης m (hérpēs)

• Hebrew: שלבקת חוגרת pl
• Italian: herpes zoster, fuoco di Sant'Antonio m
• Japanese: 帯状疱疹 (たいじょうほうしん, taijō hōshin), ^{(please verify)} 帯状疱疹 (たいじょうほうしん, taijōhōshin)
• Khmer: រើម (km) (rəəm)
• Korean: 대상포진 (daesang-pojin) (帶狀疱疹), ^{(please verify)} 대상포진 (daesangpojin)
• Latin: zoster m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Luxembourgish: Gürtelrous
• Malay: kayap
• Navajo: akááʼ niʼníkę́ę́z neezgaiʼígíí
• Norman: cheintuthe au dgiâbl'ye f
• Norwegian: helvetesild
• Oriya: ହର୍ପିସ୍ ଜୋସ୍ଟର (hôrpis josṭôrô)
• Polish: półpasiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: zona (pt) f, herpes-zóster (pt) m, cobrão (pt) m
• Romanian: zona zoster
• Russian: опоя́сывающий лиша́й m (opojásyvajuščij lišáj)
• Sicilian: focu di Sant'Antoniu m
• Slovene: pasovec m
• Spanish: culebrilla f, culebrina (es) f, herpes zóster (es) m
• Swedish: bältros (sv) c, helveteseld
• Thai: โรคงูสวัด (rôhk ngôot-wát)
• Turkish: zona (tr)
• Vietnamese: bệnh zona, giời leo
• Walloon: cingues (wa)

See also

• chicken pox

Etymology 2

Noun

shingles

1. plural of shingle

Anagrams

• Hessling