lepra

Latin . See leper.

lepra (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) leprosy
2. A scurfy, mealy substance on the surface of some plants.

• This term was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum.

• APLer, Alper, Pearl, paler, parle, pearl, repla

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛpra]
• Rhymes: -pra
• Hyphenation: le‧p‧ra

lepra f

1. leprosy

• lepróza
• lepromatózní
• leprosarium
• leprosárium

• perla
• raple

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• Hyphenation: le‧pra

lepra m (uncountable)

1. leprosy

• melaatsheid

• parel

lepra

1. (medicine) leprosy

• Hansenin tauti
• spitaali

• spitaalinen

From New Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛprɒ]
• Hyphenation: lep‧ra

lepra (comparative leprább, superlative legleprább)

1. (slang) stinking (very bad)

lepra (plural leprák)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

• leprás

From Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pra/

lepra f (genitive leprae); first declension

1. leprosy

This word is usually plural in Classical Latin, but primarily used in the singular in Late Latin.

First declension.

• leprōsus

• Italian: lebbra
• Portuguese: lepra
• Russian: лепра (lepra)
• Spanish: lepra

• lepra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lepra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

lepra f

1. leprosy

From Latin lepra (“leprosy”), from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra, “leprosy”), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”), from λέπω (lépō, “I peel”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.pɾa/, /ˈlɛ.pɾɐ/

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy (infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae)

• mal de Hansen, morfeia, hanseniase

From Latin lepra, from Ancient Greek λέπρα (lépra), from λεπίς (lepís, “scale”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlepɾa/

lepra f (uncountable)

1. leprosy

• leproso

• “lepra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.