gonorrhée

French

Alternative forms

• gonorrhœe (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin gonorrhoea, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia), from γόνος (gónos) + ῥοία (rhoía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.nɔ.ʁe/

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Noun

gonorrhée f (usually uncountable, plural gonorrhées)

1. (pathology) gonorrhea

Descendants

• → Persian: گنوره (gonore)
• → Romanian: gonoree

Further reading

• “gonorrhée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.