different between lepra vs lepta

English

Etymology

Latin. See leper.

Noun

lepra (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) leprosy
2. A scurfy, mealy substance on the surface of some plants.

Usage notes

• This term was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum.

Anagrams

• APLer, Alper, Pearl, paler, parle, pearl, repla

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lepra/

Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)

1. Alternative form of levra

References

• “levra, leura, lepra, levura, lefra, levru” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?pra]
• Rhymes: -pra
• Hyphenation: le?p?ra

Noun

lepra f

1. leprosy

Declension

Derived terms

• lepróza
• lepromatózní
• leprosarium
• leprosárium

Anagrams

• perla
• raple

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: le?pra

Noun

lepra m (uncountable)

1. leprosy

Synonyms

• melaatsheid

Anagrams

• parel

Finnish

(index le)

Noun

lepra

1. (medicine) leprosy

Declension

Synonyms

• Hansenin tauti
• spitaali

See also

• spitaalinen

Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek ????? (lépra, “leprosy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?pr?]
• Hyphenation: lep?ra
• Rhymes: -r?

Adjective

lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)

1. (slang) stinking (very bad)

Declension

Noun

lepra (plural leprák)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

Declension

Derived terms

• leprás

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lepra, ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (lépra, “leprosy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?pra/
• Hyphenation: lep?ra

Noun

lepra

1. leprosy

   Synonyms: abras, kusta, taiko

Further reading

• “lepra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

lepra f (plural lepre)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of lebbra

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (lépra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le.pra/, [????p?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.pra/, [?l??p??]

Noun

lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension

1. leprosy

Usage notes

This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• lepr?sus

Descendants

• Italian: lebbra
• Portuguese: lepra
• Russian: ????? (lepra)
• Spanish: lepra

References

• lepra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lepra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Noun

lepra f

1. leprosy

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek ????? (lépra, “leprosy”), from ????? (lepís, “scale”), from ???? (lép?, “I peel”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?l?.p??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?l?.p?a/, /?l?.p??/

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

   Synonyms: mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek ????? (lépra), from ????? (lepís, “scale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lep?a/, [?le.p?a]

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy

Related terms

• leproso

Further reading

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

English

Noun

lepta

1. plural of lepton (coin)

Noun

lepta (plural leptas)

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of lepton

Anagrams

• -petal, Patel, Plate, leapt, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platé, pleat, tepal

Latin

Adjective

lepta

1. nominative feminine singular of leptus
2. nominative neuter plural of leptus
3. accusative neuter plural of leptus
4. vocative feminine singular of leptus
5. vocative neuter plural of leptus

Adjective

lept?

1. ablative feminine singular of leptus