paludisme
Catalan
Noun
paludisme m (plural paludismes)
- malaria
- Synonym: malària
- 2015 February 13, Gemma Tramullas, “Víctor Cabezas:«¡Desperteu-vos, esglésies! ¡Deixeu de mirar-vos el melic!»”, in El Periódico:
- Dels seus anys de missioner esperità a Angola--on va arribar per primera vegada fa 50 anys, coincidint amb la independència del país africà--i de les recurrents infeccions de paludisme i refredats mal curats li ha quedat com a seqüela física una tos persistent.
- From his years as a Spiritan missionary in Angola--where he arrived for the first time 50 years ago, coinciding with the independence of that African country--and the recurring infections of malaria and badly-treated colds, he has kept as a physical consequence a persistent cough.
Further reading
- “paludisme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
French
Etymology
From earlier impaludisme, from palud (“swamp”) + -isme. The disease was long believed to be caused by swamp gases (miasma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ly.dism/, /pa.ly.dizm/
Audio (file) - Homophone: paludismes
Noun
paludisme m (plural paludismes)
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: paludism
Further reading
- “paludisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- paludisme on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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