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• kŏn'trăkt
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹækt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɔntɹakt/
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• US: /ˈkɑntɹækt/
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• Australian: /ˈkɔntɹækt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈkɒntɹɛkt/
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• Scotland: /ˈkɔntɾakt/
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• kəntrăkt
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• /kənˈtɹækt/
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• rhymes with -ækt
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N T R AE2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).

From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later.

318 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kontrak — agreement that is legally binding
• Afrikaans: ooreenkoms — agreement that is legally binding
• Albanian: kontratë — agreement that is legally binding
• Albanian: marrëveshje — agreement that is legally binding
• Albanian: fejesë — agreement that is legally binding
• Arabic: عَقْد (ʕaqd) — agreement that is legally binding
• Arabic: مُعَاهَدَة (muʕāhada) — agreement that is legally binding
• Arabic: مُقَاوَلَة (muqāwala) — agreement that is legally binding
• Armenian: պայմանագիր (paymanagir) — agreement that is legally binding
• Azerbaijani: müqavilə — agreement that is legally binding
• Azerbaijani: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Belarusian: кантра́кт (kantrákt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Belarusian: дагаво́р (dahavór) — agreement that is legally binding
• Belarusian: дамо́ва (damóva) — agreement that is legally binding
• Bengali: চুক্তি (cukti) — agreement that is legally binding
• Bulgarian: до́говор (dógovor) — agreement that is legally binding
• Bulgarian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Burmese: ကန်ထရိုက် (kanhta.ruik) — agreement that is legally binding
• Burmese: စာချုပ် (cahkyup) — agreement that is legally binding
• Catalan: contracte — agreement that is legally binding
• Chinese Cantonese: 合同 — agreement that is legally binding
• Chinese Cantonese: 合約 /合约 (hap6 joek3) — agreement that is legally binding
• Chinese Cantonese: 契約 /契约 (kai3 joek3) — agreement that is legally binding
• Chinese Mandarin: 合同 (hétóng) — agreement that is legally binding
• Chinese Mandarin: 合約 /合约 (héyuē) — agreement that is legally binding
• Chinese Mandarin: 契約 /契约 (qìyuē) — agreement that is legally binding
• Czech: smlouva — agreement that is legally binding
• Czech: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Czech: dohoda — agreement that is legally binding
• Danish: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Danish: traktat — agreement that is legally binding
• Dutch: contract — agreement that is legally binding
• Dutch: overeenkomst — agreement that is legally binding
• Esperanto: kontrakto — agreement that is legally binding
• Estonian: leping — agreement that is legally binding
• Estonian: kontraht — agreement that is legally binding
• Faroese: sáttmáli — agreement that is legally binding
• Faroese: semja — agreement that is legally binding
• Faroese: avtala — agreement that is legally binding
• Finnish: sopimus — agreement that is legally binding
• French: contrat — agreement that is legally binding
• Georgian: კონტრაქტი (ḳonṭrakṭi) — agreement that is legally binding
• Georgian: ხელშეკრულება (xelšeḳruleba) — agreement that is legally binding
• German: Vertrag — agreement that is legally binding
• German: Kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• German: Übereinkommen — agreement that is legally binding
• German: Übereinkunft — agreement that is legally binding
• Greek: συμβόλαιο (symvólaio) — agreement that is legally binding
• Hawaiian: ʻaelike — agreement that is legally binding
• Hawaiian: palapala ʻaelike — agreement that is legally binding
• Hebrew: חוֹזֶה (khozé) — agreement that is legally binding
• Hindi: संविदा (samvidā) — agreement that is legally binding
• Hindi: ठेका (ṭhekā) — agreement that is legally binding
• Hindi: अनुबंध (anubandh) — agreement that is legally binding
• Hungarian: szerződés — agreement that is legally binding
• Icelandic: samningur — agreement that is legally binding
• Indonesian: kontrak — agreement that is legally binding
• Irish: conradh — agreement that is legally binding
• Italian: contratto — agreement that is legally binding
• Japanese: 契約 (keiyaku) — agreement that is legally binding
• Kazakh: келісім (kelısım) — agreement that is legally binding
• Kazakh: келісім-шарт (kelısım-şart) — agreement that is legally binding
• Kazakh: шарт (şart) — agreement that is legally binding
• Khmer: សន្យា (sɑnyaa) — agreement that is legally binding
• Khmer: កតិកា (kaʼtekaa) — agreement that is legally binding
• Korean: 계약 (gyeyak) — agreement that is legally binding
• Northern Kurdish: peyman — agreement that is legally binding
• Northern Kurdish: mercname — agreement that is legally binding
• Kyrgyz: контракт (kontrakt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Kyrgyz: келишим (kelişim) — agreement that is legally binding
• Lao: ສັນຍາ (san nyā) — agreement that is legally binding
• Lao: ກະຕິກາ (ka ti kā) — agreement that is legally binding
• Latin: foedus — agreement that is legally binding
• Latin: contractus — agreement that is legally binding
• Latin: sponsus — agreement that is legally binding
• Latvian: līgums — agreement that is legally binding
• Latvian: kontrakts — agreement that is legally binding
• Lithuanian: sutartis — agreement that is legally binding
• Lithuanian: kontraktas — agreement that is legally binding
• Macedonian: до́говор (dógovor) — agreement that is legally binding
• Macedonian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Malay: kontrak — agreement that is legally binding
• Māori: kānataraka — agreement that is legally binding
• Marathi: कंत्राट (kantrāṭ) — agreement that is legally binding
• Marathi: ठेका (ṭhekā) — agreement that is legally binding
• Central Melanau: kontrek — agreement that is legally binding
• Mongolian: гэрээ (geree) — agreement that is legally binding
• Mongolian: контракт (kontrakt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Navajo: ahaʼdeetʼaah — agreement that is legally binding
• Norman: contrat — agreement that is legally binding
• Norwegian Bokmål: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Norwegian Bokmål: traktat — agreement that is legally binding
• Norwegian Bokmål: overenskomst — agreement that is legally binding
• Old English: wedd — agreement that is legally binding
• Pashto: شرطنامه (šartnāma) — agreement that is legally binding
• Pashto: عقد ('aqd) — agreement that is legally binding
• Pashto: عهدنامه ('ahdnāma) — agreement that is legally binding
• Pashto: مقاوله (moqāwela) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: قَرارْداد (ġarârdâd) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: عَقْد (aġd) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: پِیْمان (peymân) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: مُعاهِدِه (mo'âhede) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: کُنْتْرات (kontrât) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: مُقاوِلِه (moġâvele) — agreement that is legally binding
• Iranian Persian: شَرْطْنامِه (šartnâme) — agreement that is legally binding
• Polish: umowa — agreement that is legally binding
• Polish: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Portuguese: contrato — agreement that is legally binding
• Romanian: contract — agreement that is legally binding
• Russian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Russian: догово́р (dogovór) — agreement that is legally binding
• Russian: до́говор (dógovor) — agreement that is legally binding
• Scots: contract — agreement that is legally binding
• Scottish Gaelic: cùmhnant — agreement that is legally binding
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏гово̄р — agreement that is legally binding
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀нтракт — agreement that is legally binding
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕgovōr — agreement that is legally binding
• Serbo-Croatian: kòntrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Slovak: zmluva — agreement that is legally binding
• Slovak: dohoda — agreement that is legally binding
• Slovak: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Slovene: pogọ̑dba — agreement that is legally binding
• Slovene: dogȏvor — agreement that is legally binding
• Spanish: contrato — agreement that is legally binding
• Spanish: contracto — agreement that is legally binding
• Swahili: kandarasi — agreement that is legally binding
• Swedish: avtal — agreement that is legally binding
• Swedish: fördrag — agreement that is legally binding
• Swedish: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Swedish: överenskommelse — agreement that is legally binding
• Tagalog: kontrata — agreement that is legally binding
• Tagalog: kasunduan — agreement that is legally binding
• Tahitian: faʻaauraʻa — agreement that is legally binding
• Tajik: аҳд (ahd) — agreement that is legally binding
• Tajik: шартнома (šartnoma) — agreement that is legally binding
• Tajik: аҳднома (ahdnoma) — agreement that is legally binding
• Tajik: контракт (kontrakt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Tajik: ақд (aqd) — agreement that is legally binding
• Tatar: шартнамә (şartnamä) — agreement that is legally binding
• Tatar: контракт (qontraqt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Thai: สัญญา (sǎn-yaa) — agreement that is legally binding
• Thai: กติกา (gà-dtì-gaa) — agreement that is legally binding
• Turkish: sözleşme — agreement that is legally binding
• Turkish: kontrat — agreement that is legally binding
• Turkmen: şertnama — agreement that is legally binding
• Turkmen: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Ukrainian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Ukrainian: до́говір (dóhovir) — agreement that is legally binding
• Ukrainian: догові́р (dohovír) — agreement that is legally binding
• Urdu: مُعاہَدَہ (mu'āhada) — agreement that is legally binding
• Uyghur: شەرتنامە (shertname) — agreement that is legally binding
• Uzbek: shartnoma — agreement that is legally binding
• Uzbek: bitim — agreement that is legally binding
• Uzbek: kontrakt — agreement that is legally binding
• Vietnamese: hợp đồng — agreement that is legally binding
• Vietnamese: khế ước — agreement that is legally binding
• Yiddish: קאָנטראַקט (kontrakt) — agreement that is legally binding
• Yiddish: אָבמאַך (obmakh) — agreement that is legally binding
• Belarusian: кантра́кт (kantrákt) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Dutch: contract — job governed by a specific agreement
• Finnish: urakka — job governed by a specific agreement
• Hindi: अनुबंध (anubandh) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Hindi: संविदा (samvidā) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Japanese: 契約 (keiyaku) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Korean: 계약 (gyeyak) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Polish: kontrakt — job governed by a specific agreement
• Russian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Swahili: kandarasi — job governed by a specific agreement
• Swedish: ackord — job governed by a specific agreement
• Swedish: beting — job governed by a specific agreement
• Swedish: entreprenad — job governed by a specific agreement
• Swedish: kontrakt — job governed by a specific agreement
• Ukrainian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — job governed by a specific agreement
• Finnish: sopimusoikeus — part of legal studies
• Irish: conradh — part of legal studies
• Japanese: 契約法学 (keiyaku hōgaku) — part of legal studies
• Swahili: makandarasi — part of legal studies
• Finnish: toimeksianto — order
• Bulgarian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — bridge: declarer's undertaking
• Finnish: sitoumus — bridge: declarer's undertaking
• Polish: kontrakt — bridge: declarer's undertaking
• Russian: контра́кт (kontrákt) — bridge: declarer's undertaking
• Catalan: contreure — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Catalan: contraure — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• French: rétracter — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: zusammenziehen — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: einengen — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: verkürzen — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Hindi: सिकोड़ना (sikoṛnā) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Hungarian: összehúz — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Italian: contrarre — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сжима́ть (sžimátʹ) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сжать (sžatʹ) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сократи́ть (sokratítʹ) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: су́живаться (súživatʹsja) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: су́зиться (súzitʹsja) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Spanish: contraer — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: стиска́ти (styskáty) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: сти́скувати (stýskuvaty) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: сти́снути (stýsnuty) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: скоро́чувати (skoróčuvaty) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: скороти́ти (skorotýty) — (transitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Bulgarian: свивам се (svivam se) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Bulgarian: съкращавам се (sǎkraštavam se) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Catalan: contreure's — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Catalan: contraure's — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Chinese Cantonese: 縮 /缩 (suk1) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Chinese Mandarin: 收缩 (shōusuō) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Chinese Mandarin: 收縮 /收缩 (shōusuō) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Chinese Mandarin: 收緊 /收紧 (shōujǐn) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Czech: zkrátit — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Czech: kontrahovat — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Finnish: vetäytyä — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Finnish: supistua — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• French: se rétracter — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• French: se recroqueviller — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Georgian: მიახლოება (miaxloeba) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: sich zusammenziehen — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: kontrahieren — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: schrumpfen — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: einschrumpfen — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: sich einengen — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• German: sich verkürzen — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Hebrew: התכווץ (hitkavétz) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Hindi: सिकुड़ना (sikuṛnā) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Hungarian: összemegy — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Icelandic: herpa — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ido: kontraktar — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Irish: crap — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Italian: contrarsi — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Japanese: 収縮する (shūshuku suru) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Latin: contrahō — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Māori: kuti — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Māori: kukuti — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Māori: whakapaku — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Norwegian: sammentrekke — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Norwegian: forminske — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Portuguese: contrair-se — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сжима́ться (sžimátʹsja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сжа́ться (sžátʹsja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сокраща́ться (sokraščátʹsja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Russian: сократи́ться (sokratítʹsja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Spanish: contraerse — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Swahili: kandarasi — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Swedish: dra ihop sig — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Swedish: dras samman — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Swedish: krympa — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Swedish: minskas — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: стиска́тися (styskátysja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: сти́скуватися (stýskuvatysja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: сти́снутися (stýsnutysja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: скоро́чуватися (skoróčuvatysja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Ukrainian: скороти́тися (skorotýtysja) — (intransitive) draw together; shorten; narrow; lessen
• Arabic: أَغْدَمَ ('aḡdama) — omit letters
• Arabic: اِدَّغَمَ (iddaḡama) — omit letters
• Bulgarian: договарям се (dogovarjam se) — make an agreement or contract
• Czech: kontrahovat — make an agreement or contract
• Czech: podepsat kontrakt — make an agreement or contract
• Czech: uzavřít kontrakt — make an agreement or contract
• Esperanto: kontrakti — make an agreement or contract
• Finnish: tehdä sopimus — make an agreement or contract
• German: einen Vertrag schließen — make an agreement or contract
• German: einen Vertrag abschließen — make an agreement or contract
• German: sich vertraglich verpflichten — make an agreement or contract
• German: kontrahieren — make an agreement or contract
• German: schließen — make an agreement or contract
• German: abschließen — make an agreement or contract
• Hungarian: szerződik — make an agreement or contract
• Hungarian: leszerződik — make an agreement or contract
• Irish: conraigh — make an agreement or contract
• Italian: contrattare — make an agreement or contract
• Japanese: 契約する (keiyaku suru) — make an agreement or contract
• Northern Kurdish: peyman danîn — make an agreement or contract
• Romanian: a incheia un contract cu — make an agreement or contract
• Russian: заключать договор (zaključatʹ dogovor) — make an agreement or contract
• Russian: заключать соглашение (zaključatʹ soglašenije) — make an agreement or contract
• Spanish: contratar — make an agreement or contract
• Swedish: avtala — make an agreement or contract
• Ukrainian: укла́сти до́гові́р (uklásty dóhovír) — make an agreement or contract
• Ukrainian: укла́сти контра́кт (uklásty kontrákt) — make an agreement or contract
• Azerbaijani: yoluxmaq — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Azerbaijani: tutulmaq — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Azerbaijani: tutmaq — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Bulgarian: хващам (hvaštam) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Catalan: contreure — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Chinese Cantonese: 染 (jim5) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Chinese Cantonese: 感染 (gam2 jim5) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Chinese Mandarin: 感染 (gǎnrǎn) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Czech: nakazit se — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Czech: získat (chorobu) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Czech: onemocnět — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Finnish: sairastua — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• French: contracter — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• German: sich infizieren — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• German: sich etwas zuziehen — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• German: erkranken an — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• German: annehmen — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Hebrew: נדבק (nidbák) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Hungarian: kap — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Italian: contrarre — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Japanese: 罹る (kakaru) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Khmer: កើត (kaət) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Latin: nanciscor — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Latvian: sasirgt — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Occitan: contractar — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Polish: złapać — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Polish: zarazić się — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Portuguese: contrair — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Russian: подхва́тывать (podxvátyvatʹ) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Russian: подхвати́ть (podxvatítʹ) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Spanish: contraer — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Swedish: smittas av — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Ukrainian: заражатися (zaražatysja) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Ukrainian: заразитися (zarazytysja) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Ukrainian: підхо́плювати (pidxópljuvaty) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Ukrainian: підхопи́ти (pidxopýty) — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)
• Vietnamese: mắc bệnh — (transitive) gain or acquire (an illness)