Black Death

English

(medicine, historical) A pandemic outbreak (often attributed to bubonic plague) throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.

14th century pandemic outbreak

Low German: swart Dood m
Neapolitan: pésta f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: svartedauden (no) m (definite form)

Nynorsk: svartedauden m (definite form)
Polish: czarna śmierć f
Portuguese: peste negra (pt) f
Romanian: moartea neagră f, ciumă (ro) f, pestă (ro) f
Russian: чёрная смерть f (čórnaja smertʹ), чёрный мор m (čórnyj mor)
Scottish Gaelic: Am Bàs Dubh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: доба куге, црна смрт f

Roman: doba kuge, crna smrt f
Slovak: mor (sk) m
Slovene: črna smrt f
Spanish: peste negra (es) f
Swedish: digerdöden (sv) c (definite form), pesten (sv) c (definite form), böldpest (sv) c
Turkish: kara ölüm
Vietnamese: Cái Chết Đen
Welsh: Pla Du

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