varicela

See also: varicelă and varicel·la

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvarɪt͡sɛla]

Noun

varicela f

1. varicella

   Synonym: plané neštovice

Declension

Declension of varicela (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	varicela	varicely
genitive	varicely	varicel
dative	varicele	varicelám
accusative	varicelu	varicely
vocative	varicelo	varicely
locative	varicele	varicelách
instrumental	varicelou	varicelami

Further reading

• “varicela”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “varicela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French varicelle.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈsɛ.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɾiˈsɛ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ce‧la

Noun

varicela f (plural varicelas)

1. (pathology) chickenpox (a common childhood disease)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) catapora, bexigas doidas, bexigas loucas

Romanian

Noun

varicela f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of varicelă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin varicella, a false diminutive of Medieval Latin variola (“pock, pustule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾiˈθela/ [ba.ɾiˈθe.la] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baɾiˈsela/ [ba.ɾiˈse.la] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: va‧ri‧ce‧la

Noun

varicela f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) chicken pox

   Synonyms: (colloquial, Chile) peste cristal, (Venezuela) lechina

Related terms

• vario
• viruela

Further reading

• “varicela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024