dengue

From Spanish dengue, 1828.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/, /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋɡi/

dengue (usually uncountable, plural dengues)

1. An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by the Dengue virus, a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.

• breakbone fever
• dandy fever
• dengue fever

• dengue hemorrhagic fever
• dengue shock syndrome

• dengue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• unedge

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃ɡ/
• Homophones: dingue, dingues

dengue f (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue

• “dengue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• duègne

Borrowed from Spanish dengue.

dengue f (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue (disease)

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. tantrum

• dengo
• denguice

Uncertain. Possibly from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. dengue (disease)

Onomatopoeic

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. playacting (overdramatic behaviour)