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English

Etymology

From Middle English (late 14th century), from Old French, from Latin cont?gi? (“a touching, contact, contagion”) related to conting? (“touch closely”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?te?d??n/
• Rhymes: -e?d??n

Noun

contagion (countable and uncountable, plural contagions)

1. A disease spread by contact.
2. The spread or transmission of such a disease.

   Synonym: infection

3. (figuratively, by extension) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease.
   1. (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
      • 2011, George Soros, Project Syndicate, Germany Must Defend the Euro:

        And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.

4. (finance) A recession or crisis developed in such manner.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• quarantine
• Contagious disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cognation

French

Etymology

From Latin cont?gi?.

Noun

contagion f (plural contagions)

1. contagion

Related terms

• contagieux

Further reading

• “contagion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

bais

1. plural of bai

Anagrams

• ABIs, AIBs, Bias, IABs, IBSA, basi-, bias, isba

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• baiss (Sappada)

Etymology

From Old High German w?z, from Proto-Germanic *hw?taz. Cognate with German weiß, Dutch wit, English white, Icelandic hvítur.

Adjective

bais

1. (Sauris, Timau) white

References

• “bais” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• baiz, baizz

Etymology

From Middle High German w?z, w?s, from Old High German w?z, from Proto-Germanic *hw?taz (“white”). Cognate with German weiß, Dutch wit, English white, Icelandic hvítur.

Adjective

bais (comparative baisar, superlative dar baisarste) (Sette Comuni)

1. white (color)

2. white (Caucasian)

Declension

Related terms

• baisan
• baise

References

• “bais” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• “bais” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French

Adjective

bais

1. masculine plural of bai

Hiligaynon

Verb

báis

1. sharpen

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German w?s, w?z, from Old High German w?z, from Proto-West Germanic *hw?t, from Proto-Germanic *hw?taz. Cognate with German weiß, English white.

Adjective

bais

1. white

References

• “bais” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Taroko

Noun

bais

1. window