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)
- myxomatosis (contagious viral disease affecting rabbits) [from early 1950s]
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mik.sɔ.ma.toz/
Audio: (file)
Noun
myxomatose f (uncountable)
- 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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Further reading
- “myxomatose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.