cholera

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒləɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑləɹə/

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• Hyphenation: chol‧e‧ra

cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)

1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus

     'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'

• choler

• gastroenteritis

• Laroche, achelor, chorale, choreal

• IPA^(key): [ˈxolɛra]
• Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ra

cholera f

1. cholera

Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoː.ləˌraː/

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• Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ra

cholera f or m (uncountable)

1. cholera

• Cholera is the neutral name for the disease. The older terms "kolere" and "klere" are now considered vulgar or offensive.

• klere
• kolere

• → Papiamentu: kólera

From Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔɫ̪ɛrä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.le.ra/, [ˈkɔːlerä]

cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension

1. cholera

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: còlera
• English: cholera
• French: colère, choléra
• Italian: collera
• Russian: холе́ра (xoléra)
• Sicilian: còlira
• Spanish: cólera

• “cholera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cholera 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)
• cholera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéra).

• IPA^(key): /xɔˈlɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: cho‧le‧ra

cholera f

1. (pathology) cholera
2. (colloquial) pest, nuisance (irritating person)

   Jesteś cholerą! ― You're a bastard!

cholera

1. damn!

• cholera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cholera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔlɛra/

cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)

1. cholera

• cholerový

• cholera in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk