illness

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪlˌnɛs/
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Noun

Singular illness

Plural es

illness (es)

1. An instance of a disease.
2. A person's perception of having poor health.
3. A state of having bad health

Translations

disease

Afrikaans: siekte Albanian: sëmundje f. Arabic: المرض Bulgarian: болеет (boleet) Catalan: malaltia Chinese: 病 (bìng) Croatian: bȍlēst hr(hr) f. Czech: nemoc cs(cs) f. Danish: sygdom Dutch: ziekte nl(nl) f., aandoening nl(nl) f. Esperanto: malsano eo(eo) Estonian: haigus Faeroese: sjúka Finnish: sairaus fi(fi) French: maladie fr(fr) f. Georgian: ავადმყოფობა (avadmqopoba) German: Krankheit de(de) Greek: ασθένεια [aˈsθe̞niˌa] f., αρρώστια [aˈro̞stça] f., νόσος [ˈno̞so̞s] f., νόσημα [ˈno̞siˌma] n., πάθηση [ˈpaθiˌsi] f. Hebrew: חֹלִי Hindi: bimari Hungarian: betegség hu(hu) Indonesian: sakitnya Irish: tinneas ga(ga) Italian: malattia it(it) Japanese: 病気 (びょうき, byōki) Korean: 병 (byǒng) Kurdish: نه‌خۆشی Latin: aegritudo Latvian: slimība

Lithuanian: liga lt(lt) Malay: penyakit Malayalam: സുഖക്കേട് (sukhakketu), രോഗം (rogam) Mongolian: eвчин mn(mn) (ěwčiŋ) Norwegian: sjukdom no(no) Old English: adl ang(ang), leġer ang(ang) Papiamentu: malesa Persian: ﺽﺭﻤ Polish: choroba pl(pl) Portuguese: doença pt(pt) Romanian: boală ro(ro) Russian: нездоровье ru(ru) (nezdoróv'e) Serbian: болест (bolest) Slovak: nemoc sk(sk) Slovene: obolenje Spanish: enfermedad es(es) f. Sranan: siki Swahili: chirwa Swedish: sjukdom sv(sv) c. Tagalog: sakit Thai: โรค (rōk), โรคภัยไข้เจ็บ (rōk-phây-khái-čēp), โรคาพยาธิ (rō-khā-pa-yā-thi) Turkish: hastalık Ukrainian: хвороба (xworóba) Uyghur: bitabliq Vietnamese: sự đau yếu Welsh: salwch West Frisian: sykte Yiddish: krankeit Yucatec: k’oha’nil

Related terms

• ill
• hypochondriac

External links

• Wikipedia stub on illness

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