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English
Etymology
From ME. term|plage|langenm < L. term|plaga|pl�ga|blow, wound|langla. Cognate with Dutch term|plaag|langnl, German term|Plage|langde, Swedish term|plåga|langsv, French term|plaie|langfr and Polish term|plaga|lang=pl.
Pronunciation
enPR|pl�g, IPA|/pleɪɡ/, SAMPA|/pleIg/
audio|en-us-plague.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|eɪɡ
Noun
en-noun
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx especially when seen as divine retribution.
#: A plague of locusts
- disease The disease "plague", caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and mostly known by its variant form bubonic plague.
- pathology An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the disease "plague".
Translations
trans-top|specific disease "plague"
Czech: t|cs|mor|m
French: t|fr|peste
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Russian: t|ru|мо�|tr=mor|m
Slovene: t|sl|kuga|f
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
rfc-trans
Afrikaans: plaag
Albanian: murtajë
Arabic: ARchar|طاع�� m
Azeri: qır�ın
Basque: izurri
Bosnian: kuga f
Bulgarian: �о�мози (tormozi)
Catalan: plaga f
Chinese: é¼ ç�« (shÇ� yì)
Cornish: malbew
Croatian: kuga
Czech: zlo�ád
Danish: pest
Dutch: plaag
Esperanto: pesto
Estonian: katk
Faeroese: plága
Finnish: vitsaus
Frisian: pleach
Galician: praga f
German: Plage
Greek: �ανο�κλα (panoúkla)
Hebrew: ��פ�|�ַ�ֵּפָ� (maggefa) f
Hindi: mahamari
Hungarian: pestis
Indonesian: pes
Irish: plá
Italian: peste
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Japanese: ��� (pesuto)
Korean: ì �ì�¼ë³� (jeonyeombyeong)
Kurdish: weba
Latvian: liksta
Norwegian: pest
Persian: FAchar|ا�ت
Polish: dżuma
Portuguese: peste
Romani: džukhli
Russian: ��ма (�umá) f
Scottish Gaelic: plà igh f
Serbian: kuga f, �uma f
Slovak: mor
Spanish: plaga f
Somalian: daacuun
Swahili: tauni
Swedish: pest
Tagalog: pestihin
Thai: THchar|�าฬ�ร� (kal rókh)
Turkish: veba
Ukrainian: ��ма (�umá) f
Vietnamese: b�nh d�ch
Welsh: pla
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Verb
en-verb|plagues|plaguing|plagued|plagued
- transitive To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
#: Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
- transitive To afflict someone with a disease or calamity.
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