malaria

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈlɛəɹi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə

malaria (countable and uncountable, plural malarias)

2. (pathology) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

   Synonyms: ague, (archaic) paludism

3. (archaic) Supposed poisonous air arising from marshy districts, once thought to cause fever.

   Synonym: miasma

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 149:

     The doctor had his hands full, as the air was so impregnated with malaria that men who had only landed some twenty-four hours were laid low with this extraordinarily violent type of fever.

• malaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Inherited from Spanish malaria (“malaria”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈlaɾja/, [maˈla.ɾja]
• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

malaria

1. malaria

From Italian malaria.

malaria c (singular definite malariaen, not used in plural form)

1. (pathology) malaria

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• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

malaria f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. malaria

• → Caribbean Hindustani: maláriyá

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlɑriɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝lɑ̝ˌriɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧la‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧la‧ria

malaria

1. malaria

   Synonym: horkka

• “malaria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Maalari, maalari

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.ʁja/

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malaria f (plural malarias)

1. malaria

   Synonym: paludisme

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

• alarmai

From Dutch malaria, from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

• IPA^(key): [maˈlaria̯]
• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧ria

malaria (plural malaria-malaria)

2. (pathology, medicine, pathology) malaria, a disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.

• “malaria”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

malaria (uncountable)

1. malaria

From mal- (“bad”) +‎ aria (“air”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈla.rja/
• Rhymes: -arja
• Hyphenation: ma‧là‧ria

malaria f (plural malarie)

1. (pathology) malaria

• malarico

• alamari

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈɫa.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈlaː.ri.a]

malaria f (genitive malariae); first declension

1. (New Latin) malaria

First-declension noun.

From Italian mala aria.

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

1. malaria

• “malaria” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Italian mala aria.

malaria m (definite singular malariaen, uncountable)

1. malaria

• “malaria” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Italian malaria.

• IPA^(key): /maˈla.rja/

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• Rhymes: -arja
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

malaria f

1. malaria

   Synonyms: febra, zimnica

• “malaria”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “malaria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

• IPA^(key): /maˈlaɾja/ [maˈla.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -aɾja
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧ria

malaria f (plural malarias)

1. malaria

   Synonym: paludismo

• “malaria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From English malaria.^[1]

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malaria class IX (plural malaria class X)

1. malaria

Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”).

• IPA^(key): /ma¹lɑːrɪa/, [ma¹l̪ɑ̹ːrɪa]

malaria c (uncountable)

1. malaria

• kinin
• mygga

• “malaria”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “malaria”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “malaria”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

From English malaria.

malaria

1. malaria