different between tropic vs dengue

English

Alternative forms

• trop. (abbreviation)
• tropick (obsolete)
• Tropic

Etymology

From Late Latin tropicus (“of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from ????? (trop?, “turn; solstice; trope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??p?k/
• Rhymes: -?p?k

Noun

tropic (plural tropics)

1. Either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27? north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

tropic (comparative more tropic, superlative most tropic)

1. Of, or relating to the tropics; tropical.
2. (weather, climate) Hot and humid.
3. (biochemistry, incomparable) Having the quality of indirectly inducing a biological or chemical change in a system or substrate.

Usage notes

In chemical sense, not to be confused with similar-sounding trophic – the words and concepts are unrelated.

Translations

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Related terms

References

Further reading

• tropic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tropic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tropic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Pictor, protic

Romanian

Etymology

From French tropique

Adjective

tropic m or n (feminine singular tropic?, masculine plural tropici, feminine and neuter plural tropice)

1. tropic

Declension

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)