morbo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmorbo]
  • Rhymes: -orbo
  • Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo (accusative singular morbon, plural morboj, accusative plural morbojn)

  1. (rare, pathology, formal, medicine) disease
    Synonym: malsano

Usage notes

The native synonym malsano is overwhelmingly preferred over the rare scientific loanword morbo in every context. It sometimes appears in the names of eponymous diseases such as morbo de Parkinson.

Derived terms

  • morba (morbid, pathological)

Interlingua

Noun

morbo (plural morbos)

  1. disease

Italian

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔr.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrbo
  • Hyphenation: mòr‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbi)

  1. (pathology) disease
    Synonym: malattia

Further reading

  • morbo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • morbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

morbō

  1. dative/ablative singular of morbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbus (illness).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌmoʁˈbo/ [ˌmoɦˈbo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmoɾˈbo/ [ˌmoɾˈβo]

  • Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

  1. illness, disease

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbus. Doublet of muermo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾbo/ [ˈmoɾ.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -oɾbo
  • Syllabification: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

  1. (pathology) disease
  2. morbid interest in other people or things
  3. attraction for unwholesome things; morbid interest
  4. (Argentina) peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste; kink

Further reading

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