shingles

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/

Etymology 1

From Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr).

Noun

shingles (uncountable)

(pathology, informal) herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

Synonyms

herpes zoster

Translations

herpes zoster

Arabic: اَلْهِرْبِس اَلْعَصَبِيّ‎ m (al-hirbis al-ʿaṣabiyy)
Catalan: foc de Sant Antoni m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 帶狀皰疹 (zh), 带状疱疹 (zh) (dàizhuàng pàozhěn)
Czech: pásový opar m
Danish: helvedesild c
Dutch: gordelroos (nl) f
Esperanto: zostero
Finnish: vyöruusu (fi)
French: zona (fr) m
German: Gürtelrose (de) f
Greek: έρπης ζωστήρ m (érpis zostír)
Ancient Greek: ἕρπης m (hérpēs)
Hebrew: שלבקת חוגרת‎ pl
Italian: fuoco di Sant'Antonio m
Japanese: 帯状疱疹 (たいじょうほうしん, taijō hōshin)
Khmer: រើម (km) (rəəm)
Korean: 대상포진 (daesang-pojin) (帶狀疱疹)
Latin: zoster m

Luxembourgish: Gürtelrous
Malay: kayap
Navajo: akááʼ niʼníkę́ę́z neezgaiʼígíí
Norman: cheintuthe au dgiâbl'ye f
Norwegian: helvetesild
Oriya: ହର୍ପିସ୍ ଜୋସ୍ଟର (hôrpis josṭôrô)
Polish: półpasiec (pl) m
Portuguese: zona (pt) f, herpes-zóster (pt) m, cobrão (pt) m
Romanian: zona zoster
Russian: опоя́сывающий лиша́й m (opojásyvajuščij lišáj)
Sicilian: focu di Sant'Antoniu m
Slovene: pasovec m
Spanish: culebrilla f, herpes zóster (es) m
Swedish: bältros (sv) c
Thai: โรคงูสวัด (rôhk ngôot-wát)
Turkish: zona (tr)
Vietnamese: bệnh zona, giời leo
Walloon: cingues (wa)

See also

chicken pox

Etymology 2

Noun

shingles

plural of shingle

Anagrams

Hessling

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