diarrhoea

See also: diarrhœa

English

Noun

diarrhoea (usually uncountable, plural diarrhoeas)

British standard spelling of diarrhea.

Derived terms

diarrhoeal

References

“diarrhoea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /di.arˈroe̯.a/, [d̪iärˈroe̯ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.arˈre.a/, [d̪iärˈrɛːä]

Noun

diarrhoea f (genitive diarrhoeae); first declension

(Late Latin) diarrhoea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diarrhoea	diarrhoeae
Genitive	diarrhoeae	diarrhoeārum
Dative	diarrhoeae	diarrhoeīs
Accusative	diarrhoeam	diarrhoeās
Ablative	diarrhoeā	diarrhoeīs
Vocative	diarrhoea	diarrhoeae

Related terms

diarrhoicus

Descendants

→ Catalan: diarrea
→ Galician: diarrea
→ Italian: diarrea
→ Middle French: diarrie
- English: diarrhoea
- French: diarrhée, diarrhœe
  - → Dutch: diarree
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: diaré
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: diaré
  - → Romanian: diaree
  - → Swedish: diarré
→ Occitan: diarrèia
→ Piedmontese: diareia, diarena
→ Portuguese: diarreia
→ Romansch: diarrea
→ Spanish: diarrea

References

“dĭarrhoea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dĭarrhœa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 518/3.

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