tifus

Asturian

Noun

tifus m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) typhus (disease)

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.fus]

Noun

tifus m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) typhus

Derived terms

• tifoide
• tifus endèmic
• tifus epidèmic

Further reading

• “tifus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Indonesian

Etymology

From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhubh-, extended form of *dheu- (“scatter like dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtifʊs]
• Hyphenation: ti‧fus

Noun

tifus (uncountable)

1. (pathology) typhus: one of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Alternative forms

• tipes,
• tipus

Further reading

• “tifus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tifo

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtifus/ [ˈt̪i.fus]
• Rhymes: -ifus
• Syllabification: ti‧fus

Noun

tifus m (uncountable)

1. (pathology) typhus

Derived terms

• tifoideo

 

Further reading

• “tifus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10