filaria
See also: filária and filaría
English
Etymology
19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fəˈlɛɹi.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Noun
filaria (plural filariae or filarias)
- Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis.
Hypernyms
- (Filarioidea): roundworm
Derived terms
Translations
Catalan
Verb
filaria
- first/third-person singular conditional of filar
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.laˈri.a/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: fi‧la‧ri‧a
Noun
filaria
- filaria (any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis)
Related terms
Further reading
- “filaria” 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.
Italian
Noun
filaria f (plural filarie)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Verb
filaria
- first/third-person singular conditional of filar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈlaɾja/ [fiˈla.ɾja]
- Rhymes: -aɾja
- Syllabification: fi‧la‧ria
Noun
filaria f (plural filarias)
Adjective
filaria f
- feminine singular of filario
Further reading
- “filaria”, 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