malaria
English
/məˈlɛə.ɹi.ə/
noun
Definitions
- A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
- (archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian malaria.
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
malaria
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimalaria English
- antimalarial English
- malarial English
- malarially English
- malariametric English
- malarian English
- malarigenous English
- malarin English
- malariological English
- malariologist English
- malariology English
- malarious English
- nonmalaria English
- nonmalarial English
- postmalarial English
- typhomalarial English
- aria Italian
- malaria Italian
- malariologia Italian
- malarioterapia Italian
- malaria Dutch, Flemish
- マラリア Japanese
- malaria Polish
- malaria Danish
- malaría Icelandic
- malarya Turkish
- მალარია Georgian
- malaria Swahili
- malaria Tok Pisin