epidemia

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin epidēmia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈepidemiɑ/, [ˈe̞piˌde̞miɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -emiɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): epi‧de‧mia

epidemia

1. (pathology) An epidemic.

• pandemia

• “epidemia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Attested since the 18th century. Learned borrowing from Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

• IPA^(key): [ɛpiˈðɛmi̯ɐ]

epidemia f (plural epidemias)

1. (pathology) an epidemic

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apidemia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “epidemia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “epidemia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.deˈmi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧de‧mì‧a

epidemia f (plural epidemie)

1. (pathology) an epidemic

• epidemico
• epidemiologia

• adempiei

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμια (epidḗmia), neuter plural of ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Reanalysed as a first-declension singular noun in Medieval Latin.

epidēmia n pl (genitive epidēmiōrum); second declension

1. (Late Latin, pathology) epidemic diseases

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

epidēmia f (genitive epidēmiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin, pathology) epidemic, plague

First-declension noun.

• Souter, Alexander (1949) “epidemia”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[2], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 125
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “epidemia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[3], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.piˈdɛ.mja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧de‧mia

epidemia f

1. epidemic

• epidemia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• epidemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”).

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧de‧mi‧a

epidemia f (plural epidemias)

1. (pathology) an epidemic

• “epidemia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “epidemia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “epidemia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “epidemia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “epidemia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Medieval Latin epidēmia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδημία (epidēmía).

• IPA^(key): /epiˈdemja/ [e.piˈð̞e.mja]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧de‧mia

epidemia f (plural epidemias)

1. (pathology) an epidemic

• “epidemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

epidemia (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜇᜒᜋ᜔ᜌ)

1. Obsolete spelling of epidemya.