myxomatose

See also: Myxomatose

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from French myxomatose as the disease spread into Belgium and the Netherlands from France, from German Myxomatose.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɪk.soː.maːˈtoː.zə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: myxo‧ma‧to‧se
  • Rhymes: -oːzə

Noun

myxomatose f (uncountable)

  1. myxomatosis (contagious viral disease affecting rabbits) [from early 1950s]

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mik.sɔ.ma.toz/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

myxomatose f (uncountable)

  1. myxomatosis
    • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Alexandre:
      Il disait : “Savez-vous quelle est la différence entre la myxomatose et la blennorragie ?" Vous le savez ? Eh bien, la myxomatose est une maladie du lapin, et la blennorragie est une maladie de la pine.
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