different between typhus vs tabardillo

English

Etymology

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek ????? (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from ???? (túph?, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhubh-, extended form of *dheu- (“scatter like dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?f?s/
• Rhymes: -a?f?s

Noun

typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses)

1. (pathology) One of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Synonyms

• camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• Typhus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Typhoid fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek; see above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.fys/

Noun

typhus m (plural typhus)

1. typhus

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tabardillo, from tabardo (“colored cloak”).

Noun

tabardillo (uncountable)

1. A form of murine typhus that occurs in Mexico.

Spanish

Noun

tabardillo m (plural tabardillos)

1. tabardillo