angina

From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/, /ænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/^[1]

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• Rhymes: -aɪnə

angina (countable and uncountable, plural anginas)

2. (medicine, loosely) Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
   2. (medicine, usually strictly) Ellipsis of angina pectoris (“chest pain of cardiac origin”).
4. (medicine, dated) An inflammatory infection of the throat, especially quinsy; any sore throat, with or without tooth and gum involvement.

   Hyponyms: Ludwig's angina, Vincent's angina, Plaut-Vincent angina

Although the use of angina as a shorthand for angina pectoris is common and accepted by most dictionaries,^[1] it may be considered imprecise or improper by some medical practitioners.

• “angina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “angina”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• Gianna, inanga

Borrowed from Latin angina.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɲˈʒi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɲˈd͡ʒi.na]

angina f (plural angines)

1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

• “angina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “angina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “angina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “angina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin angina.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑŋˈɣi.naː/

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• Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

angina f (plural angina's or anginae)

1. angina

• → Indonesian: angina

From Latin angina (“choking, suffocation”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒŋɡinɒ]
• Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

angina (usually uncountable, plural anginák)

1. (medicine, cardiology) angina, angina pectoris (intermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia)

   Synonym: angina pectoris

• angina in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Dutch angina, from Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaŋina]
• Hyphenation: angi‧na

angina (plural angina-angina)

1. (pathology) angina:
   1. an inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy
   2. (cardiology) ellipsis of angina pektoris (“angina pectoris”)

• “angina” 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.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγχόνη (ankhónē, “strangling”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaŋ.ɡɪ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈan̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.na]

angina f (genitive anginae); first declension

1. choking, suffocation
2. quinsy, tonsillitis

First-declension noun.

• “angina” on page 129/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

angina

1. death

From Latin angina.

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer, definite plural anginaene)

1. (pathology) angina

• “angina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “angina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• aninga

From Latin angina.

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer or anginaar, definite plural anginaene or anginaane)

1. (pathology) angina

• “angina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Latin angina.^[1][2] First attested in 1680–1689.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: an‧gi‧na

angina f

1. (pathology) tonsillitis

• angina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• angina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “angina”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37

From Latin angina.

• Hyphenation: an‧gi‧na

angina f (plural anginas)

1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

• “angina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin angina.

angína f (Cyrillic spelling анги́на)

1. angina
2. (pathology) tonsillitis

Borrowed from Latin angina.

• IPA^(key): /anˈxina/ [ãŋˈxi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: an‧gi‧na

angina f (plural anginas)

1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

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

Borrowed from English angina.

angina class IX (plural angina class X)

1. angina