"pestilence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛstələn(t)s/, /ˈpɛstɪlən(t)s/, /ˈpɛstlən(t)s/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pestilence.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pestilences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilentia (“plague”), from pestilens (“infected, unwholesome, noxious”); equivalent to pestilent + -ence. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|pestilentia|t=plague}} Latin pestilentia (“plague”), {{m|la|pestilens|t=infected, unwholesome, noxious}} pestilens (“infected, unwholesome, noxious”), {{suffix|en|pestilent|ence}} pestilent + -ence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pestilence (countable and uncountable, plural pestilences)
  1. Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Disease, Epidemiology Synonyms: murrain Translations (any highly contagious epidemic disease): pes (Afrikaans), λοιμός (loimós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), мор (mor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 瘟疫 (wēnyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 大札 (dàzhá) [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), mor [masculine] (Czech), pest [common-gender] (Danish), pesto (Esperanto), rutto (Finnish), kulkutauti (Finnish), peste [feminine] (French), ჭირი (č̣iri) (Georgian), Pest [feminine] (German), Seuche [feminine] (German), επιδημία (epidimía) [feminine] (Greek), λοιμός (loimós) [masculine] (Greek), πανδημία (pandimía) [feminine] (Greek), מַגֵּפָה (magefá) [feminine] (Hebrew), महामारी (mahāmārī) (Hindi), जनपदमारी (janpadmārī) (Hindi), वबा (vabā) (Hindi), ताऊन (tāūn) (Hindi), aicíd [feminine] (Irish), pestilenza (Italian), 疫病 (ekibyō) (Japanese), pestis [feminine] (Latin), luēs [feminine] (Latin), чу́ма (čúma) [feminine] (Macedonian), мор (mor) [masculine] (Macedonian), мо́рија (mórija) [feminine] (Macedonian), mate urutā (Maori), urutā. (Maori), wōl [masculine] (Old English), mancwealm [masculine] (Old English), zaraza (Polish), peste [feminine] (Portuguese), pestilență [feminine] (Romanian), ciumă (english: plague) [feminine] (Romanian), мор (mor) [masculine] (Russian), чума́ (čumá) [feminine] (Russian), plàigh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pestilencia [feminine] (Spanish), pest [common-gender] (Swedish), farsot [common-gender] (Swedish), salgın (Turkish), 𐎗𐎌𐎔 (ršp) (Ugaritic)
    Sense id: en-pestilence-en-noun-ok~xaPXG Disambiguation of Disease: 96 4 Disambiguation of Epidemiology: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ence: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'any highly contagious epidemic disease': 98 2
  2. (archaic) Anything harmful to morals or public order. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pestilence-en-noun-W7O~z6wq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pest, pesticide, pestilent

Noun [French]

IPA: /pɛs.ti.lɑ̃s/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pestilence.wav Forms: pestilences [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French pestilence, borrowed from Latin pestilentia. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|pestilence|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French pestilence, {{inh+|fr|fro|pestilence}} Inherited from Old French pestilence, {{bor|fr|la|pestilentia}} Latin pestilentia Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} pestilence f (plural pestilences)
  1. (archaic or literary) pest epidemic; pestilence Tags: archaic, feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-pestilence-fr-noun-9zFag341
  2. extremely foul smell Tags: feminine Synonyms: infection, puanteur
    Sense id: en-pestilence-fr-noun-1YAk0zA4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pestilentiel

Noun [Old French]

Forms: pestilence oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], pestilences [oblique, plural], pestilence [nominative, singular], pestilences [nominative, plural]
Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} pestilence oblique singular, f (oblique plural pestilences, nominative singular pestilence, nominative plural pestilences)
  1. pestilence (epidemic disease)
    Sense id: en-pestilence-fro-noun-unhBbdMy Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-pestilence.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-pestilence.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-pestilence.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pestilence"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pestilence oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pestilences",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pestilence",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pestilences",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "pestilence oblique singular, f (oblique plural pestilences, nominative singular pestilence, nominative plural pestilences)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old French feminine nouns",
        "Old French lemmas",
        "Old French nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pestilence (epidemic disease)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pestilence",
          "pestilence#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pestilence"
}

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