morbo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmorbo]
• Rhymes: -orbo
• Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo (accusative singular morbon, plural morboj, accusative plural morbojn)

1. (rare, pathology, formal, medicine) disease

   Synonym: malsano

Usage notes

The native synonym malsano is overwhelmingly preferred over the rare scientific loanword morbo in every context. It sometimes appears in the names of eponymous diseases such as morbo de Parkinson.

Derived terms

• morba (“morbid, pathological”)

Interlingua

Noun

morbo (plural morbos)

1. disease

Italian

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.bo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbo
• Hyphenation: mòr‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbi)

1. (pathology) disease

   Synonym: malattia

Related terms

• ammorbare
• morbido
• morbillo
• morbo di Crohn
• morbo di Parkinson
• morboso

 

Further reading

• morbo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• morbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• bromo, ombro, ombrò, rombo, rombò

Latin

Noun

morbō

1. dative/ablative singular of morbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin morbus. Doublet of mormo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.bu/ [ˈmoɦ.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.bu/ [ˈmoɦ.bu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ.bu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɻ.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.bu/ [ˈmɔɾ.βu]

• Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

1. illness, disease

   Synonym: doença

Related terms

• morbosidade
• morboso

 

References

• “morbo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “morbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “morbo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “morbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morbus. Doublet of muermo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾbo/ [ˈmoɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

1. (pathology) disease
2. attraction for unwholesome things; morbid interest
3. morbid interest in other people or things
4. (Argentina) peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste; kink

Related terms

• morbosidad
• morboso

 

Further reading

• “morbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28