paludisme

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French paludisme. Equivalent to palúd(ic) + -isme.

Pronunciation

Noun

paludisme m (plural paludismes)

  1. 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.

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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/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: paludismes

Noun

paludisme m (plural paludismes)

  1. (medicine) malaria (disease)
    Synonyms: malaria, (informal) palu, (informal) palud

Descendants

  • English: paludism

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