contagious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈteɪdʒəs/
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• rhymes with -eɪdʒəs
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T EY1 JH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُعْدٍ (muʕdin) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Azerbaijani: yoluxucu — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Bashkir: йоғошло (yoğoşlo) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Bulgarian: заразен (zarazen) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Catalan: contagiós — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Chinese Mandarin: 传染性 (chuánrǎnxìng) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Chinese Mandarin: 傳染性 /传染性 (chuánrǎnxìng) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Czech: nakažlivý — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Dutch: aanstekelijk — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Dutch: besmettelijk — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Finnish: tarttuva — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• French: contagieux — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Galician: contaxioso — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Georgian: კონტაგიოზური (ḳonṭagiozuri) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Georgian: ინფექციური (inpekciuri) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• German: ansteckend — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• German: kontagiös — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Greek: μεταδοτικός (metadotikós) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Hungarian: fertőző — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Irish: gabhálach — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Italian: contagioso — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Italian: infettivo — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Japanese: 伝染性の (densensei no) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Kapampangan: macaiaua — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Kapampangan: makayawa — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Korean: 전염성(傳染性)의 (jeonyeomseong-ui) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Latvian: lipīgs — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Māori: mauhoro — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Mongolian: халдвартай (xaldvartaj) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Polish: zaraźliwy — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Portuguese: contagiante — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Portuguese: contagioso — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Romanian: contagios — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Romanian: molipsitor — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Russian: зара́зный (zaráznyj) — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Serbo-Croatian: zarazan — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Spanish: contagioso — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Spanish: infeccioso — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Spanish: contagiante — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Swedish: smittsam — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Tagalog: nakalalalin — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Tagalog: nakahahawa — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Turkish: bulaşıcı — of a disease, easily transmitted to others
• Bulgarian: заразителен (zarazitelen) — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Catalan: contagiós — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Catalan: encomanadís — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Czech: nakažlivý — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Dutch: aanstekelijk — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Dutch: besmettelijk — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Finnish: tarttuva — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• French: contagieux — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Galician: contaxioso — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi) — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• German: ansteckend — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Greek: μεταδοτικός (metadotikós) — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Hungarian: fertőző — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Icelandic: smitandi — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Irish: gabhálach — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Italian: contagioso — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Polish: zaraźliwy — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Portuguese: contagiante — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Russian: зарази́тельный (zarazítelʹnyj) — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Spanish: contagioso — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Swedish: smittsam — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Tagalog: nakahahawa — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Turkish: bulaşıcı — of a fashion, laughter, etc, easily passed on to others
• Catalan: contagiós — capable of spreading a disease
• Dutch: besmettelijk — capable of spreading a disease
• Finnish: tartuntavaarallinen — capable of spreading a disease
• French: contagieux — capable of spreading a disease
• Galician: contaxioso — capable of spreading a disease
• Georgian: ინფექციის წარმომშობი (inpekciis c̣armomšobi) — capable of spreading a disease
• Georgian: ინფექციის გადამდები (inpekciis gadamdebi) — capable of spreading a disease
• German: ansteckend — capable of spreading a disease
• Hungarian: fertőző — capable of spreading a disease
• Italian: contagioso — capable of spreading a disease
• Italian: infettivo — capable of spreading a disease
• Portuguese: contagiante — capable of spreading a disease
• Portuguese: contagioso — capable of spreading a disease
• Romanian: contagios — capable of spreading a disease
• Spanish: contagioso — capable of spreading a disease
• Swedish: smittbärande — capable of spreading a disease