Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rabies

/ˈɹeɪ.biːz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: ra-bies
IPA: /ˈɹeɪ.biːz/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

Uncountable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

antirabies pseudorabies rabid rabietic rabific rabiform

Phrases

baby rabies furious rabies

Synonyms

Arctic dog disease hydrophobia lyssa madness

Rhymes With

babies rabes scabies tabes antirabies

Questions

How do you pronounce rabies?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪ.biːz/.
What does rabies mean?: An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.
Where does rabies come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin rabiēs (“rage, madness, fury”). Doublet of rage.

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