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dengue

/ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
dengue
IPA
/ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

Uncountable

Etymology

From West Indian Spanish dengue in 1828, from the Kiswahili term dinga (in full kidingapopo or kidinga pepo, "a kind of sudden cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit", dinga itself meaning sudden cramp-like seizure). The borrowed term changed to dengue in Spanish due to this word existing in Spanish with the meaning "fastidiousness" and the folk etymology referring to the dislike of movement by affected patients of chikungunya which was also reffered to as dengue until the first half of the 20th century.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/
  • British English: /ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dengues (plural)

Derived Forms

antidengue dengoid

Phrases

dengue hemorrhagic fever dengue shock syndrome

Synonyms

breakbone fever dandy fever dengue fever

Questions

How do you pronounce dengue?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/.
What does dengue mean?
An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
Where does dengue come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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