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dengue

English

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Etymology

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From West Indian Spanish dengue in 1828, from the Kiswahili term dinga (in full kidingapopo or kidinga pepo, "a kind of sudden cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit", dinga itself meaning sudden cramp-like seizure). The borrowed term changed to dengue in Spanish due to this word existing in Spanish with the meaning "fastidiousness" and the folk etymology referring to the dislike of movement by affected patients of chikungunya which was also reffered to as dengue until the first half of the 20th century.[1][2]

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Noun

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ dengue in Oxford Dictionaries
  2. ^ Scott B. Halstead, Reappearance of Chikungunya, Formerly Called Dengue, in the Americas, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 21, Number 4—April 2015

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋ.ɡeː/, /ˈdɛŋ.ɡə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: den‧gue

Noun

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dengue f (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus [from late 19th c.]
    Synonym: knokkelkoorts

Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: dengue

French

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dengue f (plural dengues)

  1. (pathology) dengue

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Galician

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Galician woman wearing a dengue

Etymology

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Unknown. Attested since 1840.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛŋɡɪ], (NW) [ˈdɛŋkɪ]

Noun

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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

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch dengue, from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

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  • (standard, irregular) IPA(key): [ˈdeŋɡe] (as if spelled dénggé)
  • Rhymes: -ɡe, -e
  • Hyphenation: de‧ngue

Noun

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dengue (first-person possessive dengueku, second-person possessive denguemu, third-person possessive denguenya)

  1. (medicine, pathology) dengue: 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.

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish dengue.

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dengue f (plural dengues)

  1. (pathology) dengue (disease)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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dengue m (plural dengues)

  1. tantrum
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdenɡe/ [ˈd̪ẽŋ.ɡe]
  • Rhymes: -enɡe
  • Syllabification: den‧gue

Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Possibly from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

Noun

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dengue m (plural dengues)

  1. dengue (disease)

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic

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dengue m (plural dengues)

  1. playacting (overdramatic behaviour)

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