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pandemic
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pæn?d?m?k/
- Rhymes: -?m?k
- Hyphenation: pan?dem?ic
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ???????? (pánd?mos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). ???????? is derived from ???- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + ????? (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh?- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pand?mus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).
Adjective
pandemic (comparative more pandemic, superlative most pandemic)
- (epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) pandemial, (obsolete) pandemical, panepidemic
- Antonym: nonpandemic
- (usually derogatory) General, widespread.
- Synonyms: common, ubiquitous, universal; see also Thesaurus:widespread
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
pandemic (plural pandemics)
- (epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.
- Synonyms: (rare) pandemia; see also Thesaurus:pandemic
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Black Death
- bubonic plague
- COVID-19 (coronavirus, Chinese virus, Wuhan virus)
- plague
- Spanish flu
Etymology 2
See Pandemic.
Adjective
pandemic (not comparable)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic - Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.
References
Further reading
- pandemic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pandemic (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian
Etymology
From French pandémique
Adjective
pandemic m or n (feminine singular pandemic?, masculine plural pandemici, feminine and neuter plural pandemice)
- pandemic
Declension
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crisis
English
Etymology
From Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from ????? (krín?, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?a?s?s/
Noun
crisis (plural crises)
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Derived terms
Related terms
- critic
- critical
- criticize
- critique
- criterion
Translations
Further reading
- crisis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- crisis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Asturian
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
- crisis
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?k?i.zis/
- Rhymes: -izis
Noun
crisis
- plural of crisi
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kri.z?s/
- Hyphenation: cri?sis
Noun
crisis f (plural crises or crisissen, diminutive crisisje n)
- crisis
- financial crisis
Derived terms
Related terms
- kritiek
- kritisch
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: krisis
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin crisis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kri.?zis/
Noun
crisis f (oblique plural crisis, nominative singular crisis, nominative plural crisis)
- crisis, emergency; urgent situation
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (krísis, “a separating, power of distinguishing, decision, choice, election, judgment, dispute”), from ????? (krín?, “pick out, choose, decide, judge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?isis/, [?k?i.sis]
Noun
crisis f (plural crisis)
- crisis
- attack; fit
Derived terms
- anticrisis
- crisis de comportamiento
- crisis de migraña
Related terms
- crítico
Further reading
- “crisis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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