miasma
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain; pollution”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /miˈæzmə/, /maɪˈæzmə/
- (US) enPR: mī-ăz'mə, mē- ăz'mə, IPA(key): /maɪˈæzmə/, /miˈæzmə/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æzmə
- Homophone: my asthma
Noun
[edit]miasma (plural miasmas or miasmata)
- A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, page 276:
- There was an earthy smell, as of some dry miasma, which came through the fouler air.
- (figurative) A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment.
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:miasma.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]noxious emanation that originates from swamps and causes disease
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noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]miasma theory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
miasma (Greek mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1778. Borrowed from New Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]miasma n (plural miasmata or miasma's, diminutive miasmaatje n)
- miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
- (medicine, historical) miasma (emanation from rotting organic matter causing diseases)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “miasma”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]miasma
- miasma (noxious atmosphere from swamps)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of miasma (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | miasma | miasmat | |
genitive | miasman | miasmoiden miasmoitten miasmojen | |
partitive | miasmaa | miasmoita miasmoja | |
illative | miasmaan | miasmoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | miasma | miasmat | |
accusative | nom. | miasma | miasmat |
gen. | miasman | ||
genitive | miasman | miasmoiden miasmoitten miasmojen miasmain rare | |
partitive | miasmaa | miasmoita miasmoja | |
inessive | miasmassa | miasmoissa | |
elative | miasmasta | miasmoista | |
illative | miasmaan | miasmoihin | |
adessive | miasmalla | miasmoilla | |
ablative | miasmalta | miasmoilta | |
allative | miasmalle | miasmoille | |
essive | miasmana | miasmoina | |
translative | miasmaksi | miasmoiksi | |
abessive | miasmatta | miasmoitta | |
instructive | — | miasmoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain, pollution”).
Noun
[edit]miasma m (plural miasmi)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin miasma, from Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “pollution”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]miasma m (plural miasmas)
- miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
- (medicine, historical) miasma (noxious emanation from swamps that was thought to cause diseases)
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]miasma m (plural miasmas)
Further reading
[edit]- “miasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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