vitiligo

See also: Vitiligo and vitíligo

English

A hand showing symptoms of vitiligo.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin vitilīgōlbor.

English vitiligo

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvɪtɪˈlaɪɡəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪɡəʊ

Noun

vitiligo (usually uncountable, plural vitiligos)

1. (dermatology) The patchy loss of skin pigmentation.

   Synonym: leucoderma

   • 2015 September 4, Rich Cohen, “Learning to Live With Vitiligo”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In the weeks that followed, I began to notice other people with vitiligo. On the streets, in the stores, in their cars. My God, they were everywhere!

2. (obsolete) Alphos, a form of leprosy.

Derived terms

• vitiligous

Related terms

• See vice#Related_terms

Translations

patchy loss of skin pigmentation

• Arabic: بُهَاق (buhāq)
• Azerbaijani: ala (az)
• Basque: bitiligo
• Bengali: শ্বেতী রোগ (śeti rōg)
• Bulgarian: витилиго n (vitiligo)
• Catalan: vitiligen (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白癜風 / 白癜风 (zh) (báidiànfēng)

• Finnish: valkopälvi
• French: vitiligo (fr) m
• German: Vitiligo (de) f, Weißfleckenkrankheit f
• Greek: λεύκη (el) f (léfki)
• Hebrew: בַּהֶרֶת (he) m (bahéret)
• Hindi: सफ़ेद दाग़ m (safed dāġ), श्वित्र (hi) m (śvitra)
• Hungarian: vitiligo (hu)
• Italian: vitiligine (it) f
• Japanese: 白斑 (ja) (はくはん, hakuhan), 白癜 (しろなまず, shironamazu)
• Kannada: ತೊನ್ನು (kn) (tonnu)
• Kazakh: ақтаңдақ (aqtañdaq)
• Korean: 백납병(白斑病) (baengnapbyeong), 백반(白斑) (ko) (baekban)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بەڵەکی (bellekî)

• Latin: vitiligo f
• Malayalam: വെള്ളപ്പാണ്ട് (veḷḷappāṇṭŭ)
• Māori: kirihoko
• Persian: پیسی (fa) (pisi)
• Polish: bielactwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: vitiligo (pt) m
• Romanian: vitiligo (ro) n
• Russian: витили́го (ru) n (vitilígo)
• Spanish: vitiligo (es) m, vitíligo (es) m
• Tocharian B: świtär
• Turkish: alaca hastalığı, baras, abraş
• Ukrainian: вітилі́го (vitylího)
• Uyghur: بەرەس (beres), ئاق كېسەل (aq kësel)
• Vietnamese: bạch biến (vi) (白變)
• Welsh: fitiligo m

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋitiliɡo/, [ˈʋit̪iˌliɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧ti‧li‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): vi‧ti‧li‧go

Noun

vitiligo

1. vitiligo

Declension

Inflection of vitiligo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		vitiligo	vitiligot
genitive		vitiligon	vitiligojen vitiligoiden vitiligoitten
partitive		vitiligoa	vitiligoja vitiligoita
illative		vitiligoon	vitiligoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vitiligo	vitiligot
accusative	nom.	vitiligo	vitiligot
	gen.	vitiligon
genitive		vitiligon	vitiligojen vitiligoiden vitiligoitten
partitive		vitiligoa	vitiligoja vitiligoita
inessive		vitiligossa	vitiligoissa
elative		vitiligosta	vitiligoista
illative		vitiligoon	vitiligoihin
adessive		vitiligolla	vitiligoilla
ablative		vitiligolta	vitiligoilta
allative		vitiligolle	vitiligoille
essive		vitiligona	vitiligoina
translative		vitiligoksi	vitiligoiksi
abessive		vitiligotta	vitiligoitta
instructive		—	vitiligoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vitiligo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vitiligoni vitiligoni accusative nom. vitiligoni vitiligoni gen. vitiligoni genitive vitiligoni vitiligojeni vitiligoideni vitiligoitteni partitive vitiligoani vitiligojani vitiligoitani inessive vitiligossani vitiligoissani elative vitiligostani vitiligoistani illative vitiligooni vitiligoihini adessive vitiligollani vitiligoillani ablative vitiligoltani vitiligoiltani allative vitiligolleni vitiligoilleni essive vitiligonani vitiligoinani translative vitiligokseni vitiligoikseni abessive vitiligottani vitiligoittani instructive — — comitative — vitiligoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vitiligosi vitiligosi accusative nom. vitiligosi vitiligosi gen. vitiligosi genitive vitiligosi vitiligojesi vitiligoidesi vitiligoittesi partitive vitiligoasi vitiligojasi vitiligoitasi inessive vitiligossasi vitiligoissasi elative vitiligostasi vitiligoistasi illative vitiligoosi vitiligoihisi adessive vitiligollasi vitiligoillasi ablative vitiligoltasi vitiligoiltasi allative vitiligollesi vitiligoillesi essive vitiligonasi vitiligoinasi translative vitiligoksesi vitiligoiksesi abessive vitiligottasi vitiligoittasi instructive — — comitative — vitiligoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vitiligomme vitiligomme accusative nom. vitiligomme vitiligomme gen. vitiligomme genitive vitiligomme vitiligojemme vitiligoidemme vitiligoittemme partitive vitiligoamme vitiligojamme vitiligoitamme inessive vitiligossamme vitiligoissamme elative vitiligostamme vitiligoistamme illative vitiligoomme vitiligoihimme adessive vitiligollamme vitiligoillamme ablative vitiligoltamme vitiligoiltamme allative vitiligollemme vitiligoillemme essive vitiligonamme vitiligoinamme translative vitiligoksemme vitiligoiksemme abessive vitiligottamme vitiligoittamme instructive — — comitative — vitiligoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vitiligonne vitiligonne accusative nom. vitiligonne vitiligonne gen. vitiligonne genitive vitiligonne vitiligojenne vitiligoidenne vitiligoittenne partitive vitiligoanne vitiligojanne vitiligoitanne inessive vitiligossanne vitiligoissanne elative vitiligostanne vitiligoistanne illative vitiligoonne vitiligoihinne adessive vitiligollanne vitiligoillanne ablative vitiligoltanne vitiligoiltanne allative vitiligollenne vitiligoillenne essive vitiligonanne vitiligoinanne translative vitiligoksenne vitiligoiksenne abessive vitiligottanne vitiligoittanne instructive — — comitative — vitiligoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vitiligonsa vitiligonsa accusative nom. vitiligonsa vitiligonsa gen. vitiligonsa genitive vitiligonsa vitiligojensa vitiligoidensa vitiligoittensa partitive vitiligoaan vitiligoansa vitiligojaan vitiligoitaan vitiligojansa vitiligoitansa inessive vitiligossaan vitiligossansa vitiligoissaan vitiligoissansa elative vitiligostaan vitiligostansa vitiligoistaan vitiligoistansa illative vitiligoonsa vitiligoihinsa adessive vitiligollaan vitiligollansa vitiligoillaan vitiligoillansa ablative vitiligoltaan vitiligoltansa vitiligoiltaan vitiligoiltansa allative vitiligolleen vitiligollensa vitiligoilleen vitiligoillensa essive vitiligonaan vitiligonansa vitiligoinaan vitiligoinansa translative vitiligokseen vitiligoksensa vitiligoikseen vitiligoiksensa abessive vitiligottaan vitiligottansa vitiligoittaan vitiligoittansa instructive — — comitative — vitiligoineen vitiligoinensa

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

•  IPA^(key): /vi.ti.li.ɡo/

Noun

vitiligo m (plural vitiligos)

1. vitiligo

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From an unknown stem with the disease suffix -īgō. Related to vitium, but not directly derived from it on account of the l.

Pronunciation

•   (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪ.tɪˈliː.ɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vi.tiˈliː.ɡo]

Noun

vitilīgō f (genitive vitilīginis); third declension

1. a skin disease, tetter
2. leprosy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vitilīgō	vitilīginēs
genitive	vitilīginis	vitilīginum
dative	vitilīginī	vitilīginibus
accusative	vitilīginem	vitilīginēs
ablative	vitilīgine	vitilīginibus
vocative	vitilīgō	vitilīginēs

Descendants

• → English: vitiligo (learned)
• → French: vitiligo (learned)
  • → Romanian: vitiligo
• → Italian: vitiligine
• → Portuguese: vitiligo (learned)
• → Russian: витили́го (vitilígo) (learned)
• → Spanish: vitiligo (learned)

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vitiligo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.t͡ʃiˈli.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.t͡ʃiˈli.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.t͡ʃiˈli.ɡo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.tiˈli.ɡu/ [vi.tiˈli.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.tiˈli.ɡu/ [vi.tiˈli.ɣu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.tiˈli.ɡu/ [bi.tiˈli.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: vi‧ti‧li‧go

Noun

vitiligo m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) vitiligo (patchy loss of skin pigmentation)

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vitiligo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitiligo, from Latin vitilīgō.

Noun

vitiligo n (uncountable)

1. vitiligo

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vitiligo	vitiligoul
genitive-dative	vitiligo	vitiligoului
vocative	vitiligoule

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vitíligo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitilīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bitiˈliɡo/ [bi.t̪iˈli.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: vi‧ti‧li‧go

Noun

vitiligo m (plural vitiligos)

1. (dermatology) vitiligo

Further reading

• “vitiligo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025