variola
English
Etymology
From Middle English variolas pl (“pustules, pocks”), from Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola (“infectious disease causing pustules; pox”), from Latin varius.[1] Doublet of variole.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊlə
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Noun
variola (usually uncountable, plural variolas)
Derived terms
Translations
References
- ^ “variola, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
variola (accusative singular variolan, plural variolaj, accusative plural variolajn)
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Medical Latin variola, from Latin varius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [variˈola]
- Hyphenation: va‧ri‧o‧la
Noun
variola (plural variola-variola)
- (pathology) variola, smallpox: An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s. Those who survived were left with pockmarks
- Synonyms: cacar, ketumbuhan
Derived terms
- variola vera
Further reading
- “variola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
Found in Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Vulgar Latin, and also New Latin and Medical Latin later. From varius (“various, variegated, also coming to mean "spotted, speckled"”).
Noun
variola f (genitive variolae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | variola | variolae |
| genitive | variolae | variolārum |
| dative | variolae | variolīs |
| accusative | variolam | variolās |
| ablative | variolā | variolīs |
| vocative | variola | variolae |
Descendants
References
- "variola", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin variola, from varius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v̞arǐo̞ːla/, /v̞ariô̞ːla/
- Hyphenation: va‧ri‧o‧la
Noun
varìōla or variȏla f (Cyrillic spelling варѝо̄ла or варио̑ла)
Declension
References
- “variola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025