noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈdɪs.ənˌtɛɹ.i/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɪs.ən.tə.ɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈdɪs.ən.tɹi/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
diarrhea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”).
Across languages
Translations
149 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
disenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Albanian:
dizenteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Arabic:
زُحَار
(zuḥār)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Armenian:
դիզենտերիա
(dizenteria)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Armenian:
թանչ
(tʻančʻ)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Old Armenian:
թանչ
(tʻančʻ)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Asturian:
disentería
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Azerbaijani:
dizenteriya
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Bashkir:
дизентерия
(dizenteriya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Basque:
disenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Belarusian:
дызентэры́я
(dyzjenterýja)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Bengali:
আমাশয়
(amaśoẏ)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Breton:
fluz-gwad
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Bulgarian:
дизентерия
(dizenterija)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Catalan:
disenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Cebuano:
disenteriya
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Palantla Chinantec:
dsag3 jmø2
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Chinese Cantonese:
痢疾
(lei6 zat6)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Chinese:
痢疾
(lī-chi̍t)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Chinese Mandarin:
痢疾
(lìji)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Chinese Mandarin:
白痢
(báilì)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Chinese Mandarin:
赤痢
(chìlì)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Czech:
úplavice
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Czech:
dyzentérie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Danish:
dysenteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Dutch:
dysenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Esperanto:
disenterio
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Estonian:
düsenteeria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Faroese:
blóðsótt
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Finnish:
punatauti
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Finnish:
shigelloosi
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Finnish:
dysenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
French:
dysenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Galician:
disentería
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Georgian:
დიზენტერია
(dizenṭeria)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
German:
Dysenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
German:
Ruhr
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Greek:
δυσεντερία
(dysentería)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Ancient Greek:
δυσεντερία
(dusentería)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Haitian Creole:
disantri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hebrew:
דִּיזֶנְטֶרְיָה
(dizenterya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hiligaynon:
balaód
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
अतिसार
(atisār)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
अन्नगन्धि
(annagandhi)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
अन्नगंधि
(annagandhi)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
आमाशय
(āmāśay)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
ग्रहणी
(grahṇī)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
प्रवाहिका
(pravāhikā)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
पेचिश
(peciś)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
दस्त
(dast)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hindi:
डायरिया
(ḍāyriyā)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hungarian:
vérhas
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Hungarian:
dizentéria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Icelandic:
iðrakreppa
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Icelandic:
blóðkreppusótt
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Icelandic:
blóðfallssótt
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Icelandic:
blóðsótt
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Ido:
disenterio
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Ilocano:
sika
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Indonesian:
disentri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Ingrian:
punatauti
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Irish:
dinnireacht
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Irish:
flosc fola
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Irish:
rith fola
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Italian:
dissenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Jamaican Creole:
disnchri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Japanese:
赤痢
(sekiri)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Kabiye:
anɩza kʊdɔŋ
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Kalmyk:
туулвр
(tuulvr)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Kankanaey:
lawit
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Kazakh:
дизентерия
(dizenteriä)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Khmer:
មួល
(muəl)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Korean:
이질
(ijil)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Northern Kurdish:
dîzanterî
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Kyrgyz:
дизентерия
(dizenteriya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Latin:
dysenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Latvian:
dizentērija
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Lingala:
mokungúlu
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Lingala:
mwǎzákónga
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Lithuanian:
dizenterija
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Luxembourgish:
Dysenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Macedonian:
дизентерија
(dizenterija)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Malagasy:
nivalan-dra
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Malay:
disenteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Malayalam:
വയറുകടി
(vayaṟukaṭi)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Maltese:
diżinterija
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Māori:
kōea
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Māori:
mate kōea
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Mongolian:
улаан суулга
(ulaan suulga)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Mongolian:
дизентери
(dizenteri)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Mongolian:
цусан суулга
(cusan suulga)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Mongolian:
жүсэр
(žüser)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Khiamniungan Naga:
thāitshíu
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Navajo:
chąądił
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Norman:
dysenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Norwegian Bokmål:
dysenteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dysenteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Occitan:
dessentèri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Old Occitan:
dissenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Old Norse:
blóðsótt
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Persian:
دیسانتری
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Polish:
dyzenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Polish:
czerwonka
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Portuguese:
disenteria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Punjabi:
ਡਾਇਨੇਟੇਰੀ
(ḍāineṭerī)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Quechua:
yawar q'icha
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Romanian:
dizenterie
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Russian:
дизентери́я
(dizenteríja)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sanskrit:
अतिसार
(atisāra)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sanskrit:
अन्नगन्धि
(annagandhi)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sanskrit:
आमाशय
(āmāśaya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sanskrit:
ग्रहणी
(grahaṇī)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sanskrit:
प्रवाहिका
(pravāhikā)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Scottish Gaelic:
buinnteachd
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Scottish Gaelic:
bronn-sgaoileadh
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Serbo-Croatian:
дизентѐрија
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Serbo-Croatian:
срдо̀боља
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Serbo-Croatian:
dizentèrija
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Serbo-Croatian:
srdòbolja
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sicilian:
dissintirìa
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Sinhalese:
අතීසාරය
(atīsāraya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Slovak:
úplavica
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Slovak:
dyzentéria
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Slovene:
griža
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Spanish:
disentería
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Swedish:
dysenteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tagalog:
disenteriya
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tagalog:
daragis
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tagalog:
iti
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tagalog:
pag-iiti
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tagalog:
balaod
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tajik:
дизентерия
(dizenteriya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tamil:
இரத்தக்கழிசல்
(irattakkaḻical)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tamil:
சீதபேதி
(cītapēti)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tatar:
дизентерия
(dizenteriyä)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Telugu:
నీళ్ల విరేచనాలు
(nīḷla virēcanālu)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Telugu:
గ్రహణి
(grahaṇi)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Thai:
โรคบิด
(rôok-bìt)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tok Pisin:
pekpek blut
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Tok Pisin:
pekpek wara wantaim blut
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Turkish:
dizanteri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Ukrainian:
дизентері́я
(dyzenteríja)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Uzbek:
дизентерия
(dizenteriya)
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Uzbek:
dizenteriya
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Vietnamese:
kiết lị
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Vietnamese:
lị
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Vietnamese:
kiết
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Welsh:
dysentri
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines
Zhuang:
bingh'okleih
— disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines