lepra

See also: Lepra

English

Etymology

Latin . See leper.

Noun

lepra (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, archaic) leprosy
  2. A scurfy, mealy substance on the surface of some plants.

Usage notes

  • This term was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lepra in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛpra]
  • Rhymes: -pra
  • Hyphenation: le‧p‧ra

Noun

lepra f

  1. leprosy

Declension

Derived terms

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: le‧pra

Noun

lepra m (uncountable)

  1. leprosy

Synonyms

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Finnish

(index le)

Noun

lepra

  1. (medicine) leprosy

Declension

Inflection of lepra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lepra
genitive lepran
partitive lepraa
illative lepraan
singular plural
nominative lepra
accusative nom. lepra
gen. lepran
genitive lepran
partitive lepraa
inessive leprassa
elative leprasta
illative lepraan
adessive lepralla
ablative lepralta
allative lepralle
essive leprana
translative lepraksi
instructive
abessive lepratta
comitative

Synonyms

See also


Hungarian

Etymology

From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, leprosy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛprɒ]
  • Hyphenation: lep‧ra

Adjective

lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)

  1. (slang) stinking (very bad)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lepra leprák
accusative leprát leprákat
dative leprának lepráknak
instrumental leprával leprákkal
causal-final lepráért leprákért
translative leprává leprákká
terminative lepráig leprákig
essive-formal lepraként leprákként
essive-modal
inessive leprában leprákban
superessive leprán leprákon
adessive lepránál lepráknál
illative leprába leprákba
sublative leprára leprákra
allative leprához leprákhoz
elative leprából leprákból
delative lepráról leprákról
ablative leprától lepráktól

Noun

lepra (plural leprák)

  1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative lepra leprák
accusative leprát leprákat
dative leprának lepráknak
instrumental leprával leprákkal
causal-final lepráért leprákért
translative leprává leprákká
terminative lepráig leprákig
essive-formal lepraként leprákként
essive-modal
inessive leprában leprákban
superessive leprán leprákon
adessive lepránál lepráknál
illative leprába leprákba
sublative leprára leprákra
allative leprához leprákhoz
elative leprából leprákból
delative lepráról leprákról
ablative leprától lepráktól
Possessive forms of lepra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. leprám lepráim
2nd person sing. leprád lepráid
3rd person sing. leprája leprái
1st person plural lepránk lepráink
2nd person plural leprátok lepráitok
3rd person plural leprájuk lepráik

Derived terms


Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

Pronunciation

Noun

lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension

  1. leprosy

Usage notes

This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lepra leprae
Genitive leprae leprārum
Dative leprae leprīs
Accusative lepram leprās
Ablative leprā leprīs
Vocative lepra leprae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • lepra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lepra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Noun

lepra f

  1. leprosy

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lepra (leprosy), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, leprosy), from λεπίς (lepís, scale), from λέπω (lépō, I peel).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾa/, /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

  1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

Synonyms

  • mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra), from λεπίς (lepís, scale).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlepɾa/

Noun

lepra f (uncountable)

  1. leprosy

Further reading

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