pneumonia

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See also: pneumònia and pneumónia

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, lung disease), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, lung) + -ία (-ía).

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Noun

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pneumonia (usually uncountable, plural pneumonias or pneumoniæ or pneumoniae)

  1. An acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants.
    • 1922, Michael Arlen, “2/9/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
      He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English pneumonia), ultimately from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpneu̯moniɑ/, [ˈpne̞u̯mo̞ˌniɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): pneu‧mo‧nia

Noun

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pneumonia

  1. (pathology) pneumonia

Declension

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Inflection of pneumonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative pneumonia pneumoniat
genitive pneumonian pneumonioiden
pneumonioitten
partitive pneumoniaa pneumonioita
illative pneumoniaan pneumonioihin
singular plural
nominative pneumonia pneumoniat
accusative nom. pneumonia pneumoniat
gen. pneumonian
genitive pneumonian pneumonioiden
pneumonioitten
pneumoniain rare
partitive pneumoniaa pneumonioita
inessive pneumoniassa pneumonioissa
elative pneumoniasta pneumonioista
illative pneumoniaan pneumonioihin
adessive pneumonialla pneumonioilla
ablative pneumonialta pneumonioilta
allative pneumonialle pneumonioille
essive pneumoniana pneumonioina
translative pneumoniaksi pneumonioiksi
abessive pneumoniatta pneumonioitta
instructive pneumonioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pneumonia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, lung disease), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, lung) + -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /pnew.mɔˈni.a/, (English-influenced) /newˈmɔ.ni.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnia
  • Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a

Noun

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pneumonia

  1. pneumonia (an acute or chronic inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, or sometimes by physical or chemical irritants)

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Interlingua

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Noun

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pneumonia (plural pneumonias)

  1. pneumonia
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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pneumonia, from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pnew.moˈni.ɐ/ [pneʊ̯.moˈni.ɐ], /pi.new.moˈni.ɐ/ [pi.neʊ̯.moˈni.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pnew.moˈni.a/ [pneʊ̯.moˈni.a]

  • Hyphenation: pneu‧mo‧ni‧a

Noun

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pneumonia f (plural pneumonias)

  1. (pathology) pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:pneumonia.