carious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɛəɹi.əs/
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• General-American: /ˈkɛəi.əs/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: /ˈkæɹi.əs/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger; among careful speakers
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• /ˈkɛɹi.əs/ General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹi.əs
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From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariēs (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from careō (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kazēō (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -ōsus (“full of, prone to”), from Old Latin -ōsos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: кариозен (kariozen) — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• Finnish: karioottinen — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• Finnish: reikäinen — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• French: carieux — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• Italian: cariato — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• Portuguese: cariado — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• Russian: карио́зный (karióznyj) — having caries (bone or tooth decay)
• Ottoman Turkish: محفور (mahfur) — having caries (bone or tooth decay)