"miasma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miˈæzmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /maɪˈæzmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /maɪˈæzmə/ [US], /miˈæzmə/ [US] Audio: en-us-miasma.ogg , en-us-miasma-2.ogg Forms: miasmas [plural], miasmata [plural]
enPR: mī-ăz'mə [US], mē- ăz'mə [US] Rhymes: -æzmə Etymology: First attested in 1665. From Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain; pollution”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|μίασμα||stain; pollution}} Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “stain; pollution”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|miasmata}} miasma (plural miasmas or miasmata)
  1. A noxious atmosphere or emanation once thought to originate from swamps and waste, and to cause disease. Translations (noxious emanation that originates from swamps and causes disease): изпарение (izparenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), těžké/jedovaté výpary [masculine, plural] (Czech), miasma [neuter] (Dutch), miasme [neuter] (Dutch), moerasdamp [masculine] (Dutch), miasma (Finnish), paha ilma (Finnish), miasme (French), miasma [masculine] (Italian), miasme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), miasma [masculine] (Occitan), wyziew [masculine] (Polish), miasma [masculine] (Portuguese), miasma (Spanish), miyasma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-miasma-en-noun-OHafGC85 Disambiguation of 'noxious emanation that originates from swamps and causes disease': 85 15
  2. (figurative) A noxious atmosphere or influence, an ominous environment. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Obsolete scientific theories Translations (noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment): миазма (miazma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), miasma [masculine] (Catalan), 瘴氣 /瘴气 (zhàngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), tíživá atmosféra (Czech), miasma [neuter] (Dutch), miasme [neuter] (Dutch), verpeste atmosfeer (Dutch), myrkyllinen ilmapiiri (Finnish), pahaenteinen tunnelma (Finnish), miasme [masculine] (French), miasma [masculine] (Galician), Miasma [neuter] (German), μίασμα (míasma) [neuter] (Greek), miasma [masculine] (Italian), 瘴気 (shōki) (alt: しょうき) (Japanese), 毒素 (dokuso) (Japanese), ជាបរិយាកាសដែលធ្វើឲ្យខូច (pa’re’yaakaah dael tvəə aoy kʰooc) (Khmer), 장기 (janggi) (alt: 瘴氣) (Korean), 장독 (jangdok) (alt: 瘴毒) (Korean), miasme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), miasma [masculine] (Occitan), miazmat [masculine] (Polish), miasma [masculine] (Portuguese), miasmă [feminine] (Romanian), миа́зм (miázm) [masculine] (Russian), миа́зма (miázma) [feminine] (Russian), miasma (Spanish), miyasma (Turkish), chướng khí (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-miasma-en-noun-fb~GKIOz Disambiguation of Obsolete scientific theories: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of 'noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: miasmatic, malaria

Inflected forms

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      "word": "miasma"
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      "word": "miasma"
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      "word": "wyziew"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasma"
    },
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      "word": "miasma"
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      "sense": "noxious emanation that originates from swamps and causes disease",
      "word": "miyasma"
    },
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      "roman": "miazma",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
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    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "miasma"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàngqì",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "瘴氣 /瘴气"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "tíživá atmosféra"
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      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
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      "word": "miasme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "verpeste atmosfeer"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "myrkyllinen ilmapiiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "pahaenteinen tunnelma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Miasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "míasma",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μίασμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōki",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "瘴気"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dokuso",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "毒素"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pa’re’yaakaah dael tvəə aoy kʰooc",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "ជាបរិយាកាសដែលធ្វើឲ្យខូច"
    },
    {
      "alt": "瘴氣",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "janggi",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "장기"
    },
    {
      "alt": "瘴毒",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jangdok",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "장독"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasme"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miazmat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miasmă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "miázm",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миа́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "miázma",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "миа́зма"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "miasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "miyasma"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "noxious atmosphere or influence; ominous environment",
      "word": "chướng khí"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miasma"
}

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