herpes

From Latin herpes, from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “herpes”, literally “a creeping”), from ἕρπειν (hérpein, “to creep”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ).piz/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɚ.piz/

herpes (plural herpeses)

1. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.

• herpes simplex; Human herpesvirus 1, Human herpesvirus 2,

• herpes simplex
• herpes zoster

• herpetology (“the branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians”)

• herpes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• herpes in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• herpes at OneLook Dictionary Search

• -sphere, Hesper, pesher, pheers, sphere

herpes

1. plural of herpe

herpes m (plural herpes)

1. herpes

• herpes zòster

• “herpes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “herpes”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “herpes” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “herpes” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrpɛs]

herpes m inan

1. herpes

   Synonym: opar

• herpes in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• herpes in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

herpes

1. herpes

Internationalism (see English herpes), ultimately from Latin herpēs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈherpes/, [ˈhe̞rpe̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -erpes
• Syllabification^(key): her‧pes

herpes

1. (pathology) herpes (common language term for herpes simplex)

• huuliherpes
• sukuelinherpes

Borrowed from Danish herpes.

herpes

1. herpes
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈher.peːs/, [ˈhɛrpeːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈer.pes/, [ˈɛrpes]

herpēs m (genitive herpētis); third declension

1. herpes
2. an unknown sort of animal, perhaps a kind of mongoose

Third-declension noun.

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

herpes m or f (invariable)

1. (medicine) herpes (viral disease)

From French herpès, from Latin herpes.

herpes n (plural herpesuri)

1. herpes

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾpes/ [ˈeɾ.pes]
• Rhymes: -eɾpes
• Syllabification: her‧pes

herpes m or f (plural herpes)

1. herpes
2. cold sore

• “herpes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

herpes

1. herpes

• herpes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• herpes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)