cholera

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒləɹə/

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• Hyphenation: cho‧le‧ra

cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)

1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus

     'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'

• choler

• gastroenteritis

• Laroche, achelor, chorale, choreal

cholera f

1. cholera

• IPA^(key): /ˈxoː.lə.ˌraː/

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cholera f or m (uncountable)

1. cholera

• klere
• kolere

From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔ.ɫɛ.ra]

cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension

1. cholera

First declension.

• Catalan: còlera
• English: cholera
• French: colère, choléra
• Russian: холе́ра (xoléra)
• Spanish: cólera

• cholera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cholera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cholera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

• IPA^(key): /xɔˈlɛ.ra/

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cholera f

1. cholera

cholera!

1. damn!

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔlɛra/

cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)

1. cholera

• cholerový

• cholera in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk