gonorrhoea

See also: gonorrhœa

English

Noun

gonorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural gonorrhoeas)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of gonorrhea

Latin

Etymology

Originally Late Latin, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia).

Pronunciation

Noun

gonorrhoea f (genitive gonorrhoeae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) gonorrhea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gonorrhoea gonorrhoeae
Genitive gonorrhoeae gonorrhoeārum
Dative gonorrhoeae gonorrhoeīs
Accusative gonorrhoeam gonorrhoeās
Ablative gonorrhoeā gonorrhoeīs
Vocative gonorrhoea gonorrhoeae

Descendants

  • English: gonorrhea
  • Italian: gonorrea
  • Portuguese: gonorreia
  • Sicilian: camurria

References

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