different between dengue vs varicellazostervirus

English

Etymology

From Spanish dengue, 1828.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???i/, /?d???e?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???i/
• (India) IPA^(key): /?????i/, /??????/
• (Philippine English) IPA^(key): /??????/

Noun

dengue (usually uncountable, plural dengues)

1. An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

Synonyms

• breakbone fever
• dandy fever
• dengue fever

Derived terms

• dengue hemorrhagic fever
• dengue shock syndrome

Translations

Further reading

• dengue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• unedge

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??.?e?/, /?d??.??/
• Hyphenation: den?gue

Noun

dengue f (uncountable)

1. (medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: knokkelkoorts

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???/
• Homophones: dingue, dingues

Noun

dengue f (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• duègne

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested since 1840.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d????], (NW) [?d??k?]

Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. (clothing) kind of cape which, worn as a jacket, is part of the traditional women's attire of Galicia and Asturias

References

• “dengue” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “dengue” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “dengue” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish dengue.

Noun

dengue f (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue (disease)

Etymology 2

Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. tantrum

Derived terms

• dengo
• denguice

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?den?e/, [?d???.?e]

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. dengue (disease)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. playacting (overdramatic behaviour)