variola

See also: varíola

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)

  1. (pathology) Smallpox.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ variola, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

variola (accusative singular variolan, plural variolaj, accusative plural variolajn)

  1. variolous

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)

  1. (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

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

  1. an infectious disease causing pustules; pox

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

  • English: variola
  • Catalan: verola
  • French: variole
  • Gallurese: vagliolu
  • Italian: vaiolo
  • Norman: vétheule
  • Piedmontese: vairòle
  • Portuguese: varíola
  • Romanian: variolă
  • Sardinian: oriolu (Logudorese)
  • Sassarese: baglioru
  • Spanish: viruela

References

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)

  1. (pathology, uncountable) smallpox
    Synonym: bòginje

Declension

References

  • variola”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025