different between causes vs empyema

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?z?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??z?z/
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?k?z?z/

Noun

causes

1. plural of cause

Verb

causes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cause

Anagrams

• sauces

Asturian

Verb

causes

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of causar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kaw.z?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kaw.zes/

Verb

causes

1. second-person singular present indicative form of causar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koz/
• Homophones: cause, causent

Noun

causes f

1. plural of cause

Verb

causes

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of causer

Anagrams

• sauces

Portuguese

Verb

causes

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of causar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of causar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kauses/, [?kau?.ses]

Verb

causes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of causar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of causar.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (empú?ma, “gathering, abscess”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m.p???i?.m?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m.pa??i?.m?/
• Rhymes: -i?m?

Noun

empyema (plural empyemas or empyemata)

1. (medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).

Translations

References

• “empyema”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “empyema”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).