epideemia

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin epidēmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, upon) + δῆμος (dêmos, people).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /epiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯/, [epˑiˈd̥eːmiɑ̯]
  • Rhymes: -eːmiɑ
  • Hyphenation: epi‧dee‧mia

Noun

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epideemia (genitive epideemia, partitive epideemiat)

  1. epidemic (a mass outbreak of an acute infectious disease)
    Synonym: taud
  2. (figuratively) a rapidly spreading (unpleasant) phenomenon
    Ülekaalu epideemia ei ole ainult ameeriklaste probleem.The epidemic of obesity is not only a problem for Americans.
    • 1969 June, Paul Rummo, “Laulud nüüd lähevad”, in Looming, page 895:
      Viimasel ajal levib toretsevate saunade epideemia []
      Lately, there's an epidemic of extravagant saunas spreading []

Declension

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Declension of epideemia (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative epideemia epideemiad
accusative nom.
gen. epideemia
genitive epideemiate
partitive epideemiat epideemiaid
illative epideemiasse epideemiatesse
epideemiaisse
inessive epideemias epideemiates
epideemiais
elative epideemiast epideemiatest
epideemiaist
allative epideemiale epideemiatele
epideemiaile
adessive epideemial epideemiatel
epideemiail
ablative epideemialt epideemiatelt
epideemiailt
translative epideemiaks epideemiateks
epideemiaiks
terminative epideemiani epideemiateni
essive epideemiana epideemiatena
abessive epideemiata epideemiateta
comitative epideemiaga epideemiatega

Derived terms

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Compounds

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References

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  • epideemia in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • epideemia”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • epideemia”, in [VSL] Võõrsõnade leksikon (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012