"murrain" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmʌɹɪn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-murrain.wav [Southern-England] Forms: murrains [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English moreyn, from Middle French morine, and Anglo-Norman mourine, moreyn, from Medieval Latin morticinium, ultimately from a form of Latin morior (“to die”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer-|id=die}}, {{inh|en|enm|moreyn}} Middle English moreyn, {{der|en|frm|morine}} Middle French morine, {{der|en|xno|mourine}} Anglo-Norman mourine, {{m|fro|moreyn}} moreyn, {{der|en|ML.|morticinium}} Medieval Latin morticinium, {{der|en|la|morior||to die}} Latin morior (“to die”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} murrain (countable and uncountable, plural murrains)
  1. (archaic) Plague, infectious disease, pestilence. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-murrain-en-noun-HRpsSlFG
  2. (archaic) Curse. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-murrain-en-noun-4bD5bkgo
  3. (veterinary medicine, chiefly historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle, such as anthrax, or a particular epizootic thereof. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine Translations (disease of cattle): مَوْتَان (mawtān) (Arabic), morriña [feminine] (Galician), rabuxa [feminine] (Galician), επιζωοτία (epizootía) [feminine] (Greek), чу́ма (čúma) [feminine] (Macedonian), moirtchenn [masculine, neuter] (Old Irish), موتان (mutan) (Ottoman Turkish), mór [masculine] (Polish), pomór [masculine] (Polish), morrinha [feminine] (Portuguese), падёж (padjóž) [masculine] (Russian), мор (mor) [masculine] (Russian), morriña [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-murrain-en-noun-EIhEs0zf Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 1 84 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology Disambiguation of 'disease of cattle': 29 0 71
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Synonyms: murrein [obsolete] Derived forms: steppe murrain Related terms: murrion

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