"dengue" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛŋɡi/ [General-American], /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/ [General-American], /ˈdɛŋɡi/ [UK], /ˈɖɛŋɡi/ [India], /ˈɖɛŋɡu/ [India], /ˈɖɛŋɡɛ/ [Philippines] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dengue.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dengues [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛŋɡi, (General American) -ɛŋɡeɪ Etymology: From West Indian Spanish dengue in 1828, from the Kiswahili term dinga (in full kidingapopo, "disease caused by an evil spirit"). The borrowed term changed to dengue in Spanish due to this word existing in Spanish with the meaning "fastidiousness" and the folk etymology referring to the dislike of movement by affected patients. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|dengue}} Spanish dengue Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} dengue (usually uncountable, plural dengues)
  1. An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases Synonyms: breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever Derived forms: dengue hemorrhagic fever, dengue shock syndrome Translations (disease): သွေးလွန်တုပ်ကွေး (swe:lwantupkwe:) (Burmese), 登革 (dēnggé) (Chinese Mandarin), juän awuɔp (Dinka), knokkelkoorts [feminine] (Dutch), dengue [feminine] (Dutch), denguekuume (Finnish), dengue (French), Denguefieber [neuter] (German), δάγγειος πυρετός (dángeios pyretós) [masculine] (Greek), डंगू (ḍaṅgū) [masculine] (Hindi), डैंगू (ḍaiṅgū) [masculine] (Hindi), डैङ्गू (ḍaiṅgū) [masculine] (Hindi), डैंगू फीवर (ḍaiṅgū phīvar) [masculine] (Hindi), डंगूज्वर (ḍaṅgūjvar) [masculine] (Hindi), डंगू ज्वर (ḍaṅgū jvar) [masculine] (Hindi), लँगड़ा बुखार (laṅgṛā bukhār) [masculine] (Hindi), demam berdarah (Indonesian), デング熱 (dengu-netsu) (alt: デングねつ) (Japanese), デンゲ熱 (denge-netsu) (alt: デンゲねつ) (Japanese), រោគគ្រុនចាញ់ (rookkruncañ) (Khmer), ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (khai lư̄at ʼǭk) (Lao), ພະຍາດໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (pha nyāt khai lư̄at ʼǭk) (Lao), denggi (Malay), denga [feminine] (Polish), dengue [feminine] (Portuguese), dengue [masculine] (Spanish), kidingapopo (Swahili), dengge (Tagalog), ไข้เด็งกี (kâi denggee) (Thai), dang humması (Turkish), sốt xuất huyết Dingue (Vietnamese)

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      "roman": "ḍaiṅgū phīvar",
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ḍaṅgū jvar",
      "sense": "disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "डंगू ज्वर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "laṅgṛā bukhār",
      "sense": "disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "लँगड़ा बुखार"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "demam berdarah"
    },
    {
      "alt": "デングねつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dengu-netsu",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "デング熱"
    },
    {
      "alt": "デンゲねつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denge-netsu",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "デンゲ熱"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rookkruncañ",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "រោគគ្រុនចាញ់"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khai lư̄at ʼǭk",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pha nyāt khai lư̄at ʼǭk",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "ພະຍາດໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "denggi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "denga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dengue"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dengue"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "kidingapopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "dengge"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kâi denggee",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "ไข้เด็งกี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "dang humması"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "sốt xuất huyết Dingue"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dengue"
}

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