leprosy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin leprōsia.

Pronunciation

enPR: lěp'rə-sē, IPA^(key): /ˈlɛpɹəsi/

Noun

leprosy (usually uncountable, plural leprosies)

An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae.
The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.

Synonyms

(infectious disease): Hansen's disease, mesel

Derived terms

antileprosy

Related terms

Translations

infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae

Arabic: جُذَام‎ m (juḏām)
Egyptian Arabic: جذام‎ m (guzaam)
Armenian: բոր (hy) (bor)
Asturian: llepra f
Belarusian: прака́за f (prakáza), стру́пля f (strúplja)
Bengali: কুষ্ঠ (kushţhô), কুঠ (kuṭh)
Bikol Central: kagitsi
Bulgarian: проказа (bg) f (prokáza)
Burmese: နူနာ (my) (nuna), အနာကြီးရောဂါ (my) (a.na-kri:rau:ga), အရေပြားရောဂါ (my) (a.re-pra:rau:ga)
Catalan: lepra f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 麻風病 (zh) or 痲瘋病, 麻风病 (zh) (máfēngbìng), 癩病 (zh), 癞病 (zh) (làibìng)
Czech: malomocenství (cs) n, lepra (cs) f
Danish: spedalskhed c
Dhivehi: ޖުޒާމު ބަލި‎ (juzāmu bali)
Dutch: lepra (nl), melaatsheid (nl)
Esperanto: lepro
Estonian: pidalitõbi (et)
Faroese: spitalskusjúka f, líktrá f
Finnish: spitaali (fi), lepra (fi)
French: lèpre (fr) f
Galician: lepra f, laceira f
Georgian: კეთრი (ḳetri)
German: Lepra (de) f, Aussatz (de) m
Greek: λέπρα (el) f (lépra)
Ancient Greek: λέπρα f (lépra)
Greenlandic: pupinneq
Gujarati: કોઢ n (koḍh)
Hawaiian: lēpela, maʻi lēpela, maʻi Pākē, maʻi aliʻi, maʻi hoʻokaʻawale
Hebrew: צרעת‎ (he) f (tsara’at)
Hiligaynon: arô
Hindi: कुष्ठ (hi) (kuṣṭh), कोढ़ (hi) m (koṛh), कुष्ठरोग m (kuṣṭharog)
Hungarian: lepra (hu)
Icelandic: holdsveiki (is) f, líkþrá (is) f, holdsveiki (is)
Indonesian: kusta (id), penyakit kusta
Inupiak: auyugaqtuaq, kiḷḷiġruaq
Irish: lobhra f
Italian: lebbra (it) f
Japanese: ハンセン病 (ハンセンびょう, hansenbyō), 癩病 (らいびょう, raibyō)
Javanese: ꦏꦸꦱ꧀ꦠ (jv) (kusta)
Kannada: ಕುಷ್ಠ (kn) (kuṣṭha)

Kazakh: алапес (alapes)
Khmer: រោគឃ្លង់ (rookkhlŭəng)
Korean: 나병 (ko) (nabyeong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گولی‎ (gulî)
Lingala: maba
Lithuanian: raupsai
Malay: kusta, penyakit kusta
Malayalam: കുഷ്ഠം (kuṣṭhaṃ)
Maori: takewhenua, tuwhenua, mumutu, mate tūhawaiki, mate ngerengere
Minangkabau: kusta
Mongolian: уяман (mn) (ujaman)
Norwegian: spedalskhet (no) m, lepra m
Persian: خوره‎ (fa) (xore), جذام‎ (fa) (jozâm)
Polish: trąd (pl) m, lepra (pl) f
Portuguese: lepra (pt) f
Punjabi: ਕੋਢ਼ (kōṛh)
Quechua: lliqti unquy, sisu, şişu
Romanian: lepră (ro) f
Russian: прока́за (ru) f (prokáza), ле́пра (ru) f (lépra)
Sanskrit: कुष्ठरोगः (sa) (kuṣṭharogaḥ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: gȕba (sh) f, prokaza (sh) f
Sinhalese: ලාදුරු (lāduru)
Spanish: lepra (es) f
Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮞ᮪ᮒ (kusta)
Swahili: ukoma (sw)
Swedish: lepra (sv), spetälska (sv)
Tagalog: ketong (tl)
Tamil: தொழு நோய் (toḻu nōy)
Telugu: కుష్టు వ్యాధి (kuṣṭu vyādhi)
Thai: โรคเรื้อน (th), เรื้อน (rʉ́ʉan), ไทกอ (th) (tai-gɔɔ), กุฏฐัง (th) (gùt-tǎng), ขี้ทูด (th) (kîi-tûut), ขี้เรื้อน (th) (kîi-rʉ́ʉan)
Tibetan: མཛེ་ནད (mdze nad)
Turkish: cüzzam (tr), lepra (tr)
Ukrainian: прока́за f (prokáza), ле́пра f (lépra)
Urdu: جذام‎ (jozâm)
Uyghur: ماخاۋ‎ (maxaw)
Vietnamese: phong (vi), cùi (vi), hủi (vi)
Volapük: leprad
Welsh: gwahanglwyf
Zazaki: cuzzam

disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: spitaali (fi)
French: lèpre (fr) f

German: Aussatz (de) m
Ngazidja Comorian: wenefu class 11
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Zazaki: gher

References

“leprosy” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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