cholera
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒləɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑləɹə/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: chol‧e‧ra
Noun
[edit]cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)
- (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus:
- 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
- 1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:
- At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]infectious disease
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[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cholera f
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “cholera”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cholera”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “cholera”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cholera f or m (uncountable)
Usage notes
[edit]- Cholera is the neutral name for the disease. The older terms "kolere" and "klere" are now considered vulgar or offensive.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: kólera
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔɫ̪ɛrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.le.ra/, [ˈkɔːlerä]
Noun
[edit]cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cholera | cholerae |
| genitive | cholerae | cholerārum |
| dative | cholerae | cholerīs |
| accusative | choleram | cholerās |
| ablative | cholerā | cholerīs |
| vocative | cholera | cholerae |
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: còlera
- English: cholera
- French: colère, choléra
- Italian: collera
- Russian: холе́ра (xoléra)
- Sicilian: còlira
- Spanish: cólera
References
[edit]- “cholera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cholera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “cholera”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cholera f
- (pathology) cholera
- (colloquial, mildly vulgar) pest, nuisance (irritating person)
- Jesteś cholerą! ― You're a bastard!
Declension
[edit]Declension of cholera
Derived terms
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noun
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Interjection
[edit]cholera
Further reading
[edit]- cholera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cholera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “cholera”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 240
Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cholera f (related adjective cholerový)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cholera (pattern žena)
Further reading
[edit]- “cholera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]cholera f (plural choleras)
- female equivalent of cholero
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