pneumonia
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /njuˈməʊniə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /nuˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊnjə/
Noun
editpneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
- He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editinflammation of the lungs
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Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English pneumonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpneumonia
Declension
editInflection of pneumonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | pneumonia | pneumoniat | |
genitive | pneumonian | pneumonioiden pneumonioitten | |
partitive | pneumoniaa | pneumonioita | |
illative | pneumoniaan | pneumonioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | pneumonia | pneumoniat | |
accusative | nom. | pneumonia | pneumoniat |
gen. | pneumonian | ||
genitive | pneumonian | pneumonioiden pneumonioitten pneumoniain rare | |
partitive | pneumoniaa | pneumonioita | |
inessive | pneumoniassa | pneumonioissa | |
elative | pneumoniasta | pneumonioista | |
illative | pneumoniaan | pneumonioihin | |
adessive | pneumonialla | pneumonioilla | |
ablative | pneumonialta | pneumonioilta | |
allative | pneumonialle | pneumonioille | |
essive | pneumoniana | pneumonioina | |
translative | pneumoniaksi | pneumonioiksi | |
abessive | pneumoniatta | pneumonioitta | |
instructive | — | pneumonioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (pneumonia): keuhkokuume
Further reading
edit- “pneumonia”, 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 2023-07-03
Indonesian
editAlternative forms
edit- pneumoni (Dutch-influenced)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (standard) /pnew.mɔˈni.a/, (English-influenced) /newˈmɔ.ni.a/
- Rhymes: -ɔnia
- Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a
Noun
editpneumonia
- pneumonia (an acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants)
Compounds
editRelated terms
editInterlingua
editNoun
editpneumonia (plural pneumonias)
Related terms
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a
Noun
editpneumonia f (plural pneumonias)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:pneumonia.
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