"plague" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \pleɪɡ\, pleɪɡ Audio: En-us-plague.ogg Forms: plagues [plural]
  1. Peste (maladie).
    Sense id: fr-plague-en-noun-mhXxp1sA Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la médecine Topics: medicine
  2. Fléau. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-plague-en-noun-jtPkFcpP Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scourge Related terms: calamity

Verb

IPA: \pleɪɡ\, pleɪɡ Audio: En-us-plague.ogg Forms: to plague [infinitive], plagues [present, third-person, singular], plagued [preterite], plagued [participle, past], plaguing [participle, present]
  1. Harceler de manière répétée ou incessante.
    Sense id: fr-plague-en-verb-YkUalSII
  2. Causer de la souffrance par le biais d'une maladie ou d'une catastrophe.
    Sense id: fr-plague-en-verb-XKElzSHs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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