illness

English

Etymology

From ill +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪl.nəs/
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Noun

illness (countable and uncountable, plural illnesses)

(countable) An instance of a disease or poor health.
Her grandmother had passed away after a long illness.
(uncountable) A state of bad health or disease.
Many working days this year have been lost through illness.

Synonyms

(instance): sickness
(state): sickness
See also Thesaurus:disease

Related terms

ill

Translations

an instance of a disease or poor health

Albanian: sëmundje (sq) f
Arabic: مَرَض‎ (ar) m (maraḍ)
Armenian: հիվանդություն (hy) (hivandutʿyun)
Aromanian: lãngoari f, tetã f
Azerbaijani: xəstəlik (az)
Bashkir: ауырыу (awïrïw)
Belarusian: хваро́ба f (xvaróba)
Bulgarian: бо́лест (bg) f (bólest), заболяване (bg) (zaboljavane)
Burmese: နာမကျန်း (my) (nama.kyan:)
Catalan: malaltia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疾病 (zh) (jíbìng), 病症 (zh) (bìngzhèng), 病 (zh) (bìng), 患病期間, 患病期间 (huànbìng qījiān), 病情 (zh) (bìngqíng)
Chukchi: тъычгыргын (tʺyčgyrgyn), аʼратгыргын (aʼratgyrgyn)
Czech: nemoc (cs) f
Danish: sygdom (da) c
Dutch: ziekte (nl) f, aandoening (nl) f
Esperanto: afekcio, malsano (eo)
Estonian: haigus (et)
Finnish: sairaus (fi)
French: maladie (fr) f
Georgian: ავადმყოფობა (avadmq̇opoba)
German: Krankheit (de) f
Alemannic German: Chranket f
Greek: αρρώστια (el) f (arróstia), ασθένεια (el) f (asthéneia)
Hawaiian: maʻi
Hebrew: מַחֲלָה‎ (he) f (makhalá)
Hindi: रोग (hi) m (rog)
Hungarian: betegség (hu)
Icelandic: sjúkdómur (is) m
Indonesian: penyakit (id)
Irish: breoiteacht f, othras m, galar (ga) m
Italian: malattia (it)
Japanese: 病気 (ja) (びょうき, byōki), 疾病 (ja) (しっぺい, shippei)
Kazakh: ауру (kk) (awrw)
Khmer: ជំងឺ (km) (cumŋɨɨ), ជម្ងឺ (cumŋɨɨ), រោគ (km) (rouk) (formal)
Korean: 질병 (ko) (jilbyeong) (疾病 (ko)), 병 (ko) (byeong)
Kyrgyz: оору (ky) (ooru)

Lao: ພະຍາດ (lo) (pha nyāt)
Latin: morbus (la) m, aegror m
Latvian: slimība (lv) f
Lithuanian: liga (lt) f
Macedonian: бо́лест f (bólest)
Malay: penyakit
Mongolian: өвчин (mn) (övčin)
Ngazidja Comorian: uwaɗe class 11/10
Norman: maladie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sykdom (no) m, sjukdom (no) m

Nynorsk: sjukdom m
Persian: بیماری‎ (fa) (bimâri)
Polish: choroba (pl) f
Portuguese: doença (pt) f, enfermidade (pt) f, maladia f
Romanian: boală (ro) f
Russian: боле́знь (ru) f (boléznʹ), хворь (ru) f (xvorʹ), неду́г (ru) m (nedúg)
Sanskrit: रोग (sa) m (roga)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: болест f

Roman: bolest (sh) f
Sinhalese: ලඩෙ (laḍe)
Slovak: choroba (sk) f, nemoc f
Slovene: bolezen (sl) f
Spanish: enfermedad (es)
Swedish: sjukdom (sv) c
Tagalog: sakit (tl)
Tajik: беморӣ (tg) (bemorī), касалӣ (kasalī)
Thai: โรค (th) (rôok)
Turkish: hastalık (tr)
Turkmen: hassalyk, kesel, nähoşlyk
Ukrainian: хворо́ба (uk) f (xvoróba)
Urdu: روگ‎ m (rog)
Uzbek: kasallik (uz), xastalik (uz)
Vietnamese: bệnh (vi), sự đau yếu, sự ốm (vi)
Yiddish: קראַנקײַט‎ f (krankayt)

a state of bad health

Armenian: անառողջություն (anaṙołǰutʿyun)
Bashkir: ауырыу (awïrïw), сир (sir)
Bulgarian: боледуване n (boleduvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 病 (zh) (bìng), 生病 (zh) (shēngbìng)
Danish: syg (da)
Finnish: sairaus (fi)

Greek: ασθένεια (el) f (asthéneia)
Hungarian: betegség (hu)
Irish: othras m, galar (ga) m
Portuguese: enfermidade (pt) f, doença (pt) f
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swahili: ugonjwa (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "disease"

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} siekte (af)
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} sëmundje (sq) f
Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مَرَض‎ (ar) (maraḍ), ^{(please verify)} دَاء‎ m (dāʾ), ^{(please verify)} سُقْم‎ m (suqm)
Basque: ^{(please verify)} gaixotasun (eu)
Catalan: ^{(please verify)} malaltia (ca) f
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malsano (eo)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} haigus (et)
Faroese: ^{(please verify)} sjúka
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ავადმყოფობა (avadmq̇opoba)
Haitian Creole: ^{(please verify)} maladi
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} חֹלִי‎ (he)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} bimari (bimari)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} betegség (hu)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} sakitnya (id)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} tinneas (ga)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} malattia (it) f
Kurdish:
Sorani: ^{(please verify)} نه‌خۆشی‎ (nexoşî)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} aegritudo
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} slimība (lv)
Malay: ^{(please verify)} penyakit
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} സുഖക്കേട് (ml) (sukhakkēṭŭ), ^{(please verify)} രോഗം (ml) (rōgaṃ)

Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} sjukdom (no)
Norwegian Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} sykdom (no) m
Old English: ^{(please verify)} adl, ^{(please verify)} leġer
Papiamentu: ^{(please verify)} malesa
Persian: ^{(please verify)} مرض‎ (fa) (maraz)
Santali: ^{(please verify)} ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} trioblaid f, ^{(please verify)} galar m, ^{(please verify)} tinneas m, ^{(please verify)} euslaint f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} болест (bolest)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} nemoc
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} obolenje n
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} enfermedad (es) f
Sranan Tongo: ^{(please verify)} siki
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} chirwa (sw)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sjukdom (sv) c
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} sakit (tl)
Thai: ^{(please verify)} โรค (th) (rōk), ^{(please verify)} โรคภัยไข้เจ็บ (th) (rōk-phây-khái-čēp), ^{(please verify)} โรคาพยาธิ (rō-khā-pa-yā-thi)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} hastalık (tr)
Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} bitabliq‎ (bitabliq)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự đau yếu
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} salwch (cy), ^{(please verify)} gwaeledd m
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} sykte
Yucatec Maya: ^{(please verify)} k’oha’nil