dengue

From West Indian Spanish dengue in 1828, from the Kiswahili term dinga (in full kidingapopo or kidinga pepo, "a kind of sudden cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit", dinga itself meaning sudden cramp-like seizure). The borrowed term changed to dengue in Spanish due to this word existing in Spanish with the meaning "fastidiousness" and the folk etymology referring to the dislike of movement by affected patients of chikungunya which was also reffered to as dengue until the first half of the 20th century.^[1][2]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/, /ˈdɛŋ.ɡeɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋ.ɡi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɛŋ.ɡi/, /ˈɖɛŋ.ɡu/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɛŋ.ɡɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡi, (General American) -ɛŋɡeɪ

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 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Dungee, unedge

Borrowed from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋ.ɡeː/, /ˈdɛŋ.ɡə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: den‧gue

dengue f (uncountable)

1. (medicine, jargon) dengue, febrile disease caused by the Dengue virus [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: knokkelkoorts

• → Indonesian: dengue

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃ɡ/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: dingue, dingues

dengue f (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue

• “dengue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• duègne

Unknown. Attested since 1840.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛŋɡɪ], (NW) [ˈdɛŋkɪ]

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. (clothing) kind of cape which, worn as a jacket, is part of the traditional women's attire of Galicia and Asturias

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dengue”, 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), “dengue”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dengue”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch dengue, from Spanish dengue or indirectly via French dengue (itself from Spanish), probably from Swahili dinga (“sudden attack, seizure”).

• (standard, irregular) IPA^(key): [ˈdeŋɡe] (as if spelled dénggé)
• Rhymes: -ɡe, -e
• Hyphenation: de‧ngue

dengue (plural dengue-dengue)

1. (medicine, pathology) dengue: 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.

• dénggé
• dénggi (Standard Malay)

• “dengue” 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 Spanish dengue.

dengue f or (obsolete) m (plural dengues)

1. (pathology) dengue (disease)

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. tantrum

• dengo
• denguice

• IPA^(key): /ˈdenɡe/ [ˈd̪ẽŋ.ɡe]
• Rhymes: -enɡe
• Syllabification: den‧gue

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

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. dengue (disease)

Onomatopoeic.

dengue m (plural dengues)

1. playacting (overdramatic behaviour)

• “dengue”, 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