gonorrhoea
See also: gonorrhœa
English
Pronunciation
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Noun
gonorrhoea (countable and uncountable, plural gonorrhoeas)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of gonorrhea.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Originally Late Latin, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɔ.nɔrˈrʰoe̯.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡo.norˈrɛː.a]
Noun
gonorrhoea f (genitive gonorrhoeae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gonorrhoea | gonorrhoeae |
| genitive | gonorrhoeae | gonorrhoeārum |
| dative | gonorrhoeae | gonorrhoeīs |
| accusative | gonorrhoeam | gonorrhoeās |
| ablative | gonorrhoeā | gonorrhoeīs |
| vocative | gonorrhoea | gonorrhoeae |
Descendants
- English: gonorrhea, gonorrhoea, gonorrhœa (British)
- French: gonorrhée
- Italian: gonorrea
- Portuguese: gonorreia
- Sicilian: camurria
References
- “gonorrhoea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gonorrhoea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.