pneumonia
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /njuˈməʊniə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /nuˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊnjə/
Noun
pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
- 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
- He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.
Derived terms
Translations
inflammation of the lungs
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Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English pneumonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpneu̯moniɑ/, [ˈpne̞u̯mo̞ˌniɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): pneu‧mo‧ni‧a
Declension
| Inflection of pneumonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | pneumonia | pneumoniat | ||
| genitive | pneumonian | pneumonioiden pneumonioitten | ||
| partitive | pneumoniaa | pneumonioita | ||
| illative | pneumoniaan | pneumonioihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | pneumonia | pneumoniat | ||
| accusative | nom. | pneumonia | pneumoniat | |
| gen. | pneumonian | |||
| genitive | pneumonian | pneumonioiden pneumonioitten pneumoniainrare | ||
| partitive | pneumoniaa | pneumonioita | ||
| inessive | pneumoniassa | pneumonioissa | ||
| elative | pneumoniasta | pneumonioista | ||
| illative | pneumoniaan | pneumonioihin | ||
| adessive | pneumonialla | pneumonioilla | ||
| ablative | pneumonialta | pneumonioilta | ||
| allative | pneumonialle | pneumonioille | ||
| essive | pneumoniana | pneumonioina | ||
| translative | pneumoniaksi | pneumonioiksi | ||
| abessive | pneumoniatta | pneumonioitta | ||
| instructive | — | pneumonioin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- (pneumonia): keuhkokuume
Further reading
- “pneumonia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). Compare to Dutch pneumonie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) [(p)neuˈmonia̯], (Dutch-influenced) [(p)neuˈmoni]
- Hyphenation: pné‧u‧mo‧nia
Noun
pnéumonia (first-person possessive pneumoniaku, second-person possessive pneumoniamu, third-person possessive pneumonianya)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “pneumonia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pnew.moˈni.ɐ/ [pneʊ̯.moˈni.ɐ], /pi.new.moˈni.ɐ/ [pi.neʊ̯.moˈni.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pnew.moˈni.a/ [pneʊ̯.moˈni.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pnew.muˈni.ɐ/, /pɨ.new.muˈni.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pneumonia.
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