Phrase guide

dengue fever

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/
  • US: /ˈdɛŋɡiː ˈfiːvɚ/
  • US: /ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dengue, dandy fever, breakbone fever

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: infectious disease

History

Etymology

Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 登革熱 /登革热 (dang1 gaak3 jit6) — disease
  • Hakka Chinese: 天狗熱 /天狗热 (thiên-kiéu-ngie̍t) — disease
  • Chinese: 天狗熱 /天狗热 (zh-min-nan) — disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登革熱 /登革热 (dēnggérè) — disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨痛熱症 /骨痛热症 (gǔtòngrèzhèng) — disease
  • Dutch: dengue — disease
  • Finnish: denguekuume — disease
  • French: dengue — disease
  • German: Denguefieber — disease
  • Greek: δάγκειος πυρετός (dágkeios pyretós) — disease
  • Haitian Creole: lafyèv deng — disease
  • Hawaiian: dengue mai kuni — disease
  • Hebrew: קַדַּחַת דָּנגִי (kadákhat dangi) — disease
  • Hungarian: dengue-láz — disease
  • Indonesian: demam berdarah Dengue — disease
  • Indonesian: DBD — disease
  • Indonesian: dengue — disease
  • Irish: deinge — disease
  • Italian: dengue — disease
  • Japanese: デング熱 (dengu-netsu) — disease
  • Kazakh: денге қызбасы (deñe qyzbasy) — disease
  • Khmer: គ្រុនឈាម (krun chiəm) — disease
  • Korean: 뎅기열 (denggiyeol) — disease
  • Lao: ໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (khai lư̄at ʼǭk) — disease
  • Lao: ພະຍາດໄຂ້ເລືອດອອກ (pha nyāt khai lư̄at ʼǭk) — disease
  • Latvian: denge — disease
  • Polish: denga — disease
  • Portuguese: dengue — disease
  • Russian: лихора́дка де́нге (lixorádka dɛ́ngɛ) — disease
  • Spanish: dengue — disease
  • Swedish: denguefeber — disease
  • Thai: ไข้เลือดออก (kâi-lʉ̂ʉat-ɔ̀ɔk) — disease
  • Yiddish: דענג היץ — disease