diarrhoea

See also: diarrhœa

English

Noun

diarrhoea (usually uncountable, plural diarrhoeas)

British spelling standard spelling of diarrhea.

Derived terms

diarrhoeal

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /di.arˈroe̯.a/

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

Italian: diarrea
Middle French: diarrie
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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