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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

1. A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx especially when seen as divine retribution.

#: A plague of locusts

1. disease The disease "plague", caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and mostly known by its variant form bubonic plague.
2. 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
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Afrikaans: plaag
Albanian: murtajë
Arabic: ARchar|طاع�� m
Azeri: qır�ın
Basque: izurri
Bosnian: kuga f
Bulgarian: �о�мози (tormozi)
Catalan: plaga f
Chinese: 鼠� (sh� 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: ��� (jeonyeombyeong)
Kurdish: weba
Latvian: liksta
Norwegian: pest
Persian: FAchar|ا�ت
Polish: dżuma
Portuguese: peste
Romani: džukhli
Russian: ��ма (�umá) f
Scottish Gaelic: plàigh 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

1. transitive To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.

#: Wikis are often plagued by vandalism

1. transitive To afflict someone with a disease or calamity.

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