Phrase guide

fall ill

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To become ill, to get sick, to sicken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ail, fall sick, take ill, take sick, be taken ill, be taken sick, be taken bad

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: 𒈪𒉭 (marāṣu, GIG) — become ill
  • Albanian: sëmurem — become ill
  • Arabic: مَرِضَ (mariḍa) — become ill
  • Arabic: أُصِيبَ بِالْمَرَض (ʔuṣība bi-l-maraḍ) — become ill
  • Armenian: հիվանդանալ (hivandanal) — become ill
  • Azerbaijani: xəstələnmək — become ill
  • Azerbaijani: naxoşlamaq — become ill
  • Azerbaijani: azarlamaq — become ill
  • Bashkir: ауырып китеү (awırıp kitew) — become ill
  • Bashkir: ауырыу (awırıw) — become ill
  • Bashkir: сирләү (sirləw) — become ill
  • Belarusian: захво́рваць (zaxvórvacʹ) — become ill
  • Belarusian: захварэ́ць (zaxvarécʹ) — become ill
  • Belarusian: занемага́ць (zanjemahácʹ) — become ill
  • Belarusian: занемагчы́ (zanjemahčý) — become ill
  • Belarusian: заняду́жваць (zanjadúžvacʹ) — become ill
  • Belarusian: заняду́жыць (zanjadúžycʹ) — become ill
  • Breton: kleñvel — become ill
  • Bulgarian: разболя́вам се (razboljávam se) — become ill
  • Bulgarian: разболе́я се (razboléja se) — become ill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生病 (shēngbìng) — become ill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 得病 (débìng) — become ill
  • Chinese Mandarin: 患病 (huànbìng) — become ill
  • Czech: onemocnět — become ill
  • Danish: blive syg — become ill
  • Dutch: ziek worden — become ill
  • Esperanto: malsaniĝi — become ill
  • Estonian: haigestuma — become ill
  • Finnish: sairastua — become ill
  • French: tomber malade — become ill
  • Galician: enfermar — become ill
  • German: erkranken — become ill
  • German: krank werden — become ill
  • Greek: αρρωσταίνω (arrostaíno) — become ill
  • Hindi: बीमार पड़ना (bīmār paṛnā) — become ill
  • Hungarian: megbetegszik — become ill
  • Icelandic: verða veikur — become ill
  • Ido: maladeskar — become ill
  • Irish: meathlaigh — become ill
  • Irish: galraigh — become ill
  • Italian: ammalarsi — become ill
  • Japanese: 病気になる (byōki ni naru) — become ill
  • Kazakh: ауырып қалу (auyryp qalu) — become ill
  • Korean: 병에 걸리다 (byeong-e geollida) — become ill
  • Korean: 병이 나다 (byeong-i nada) — become ill
  • Kyrgyz: ооруп калуу (oorup kaluu) — become ill
  • Latin: aegrēscō — become ill
  • Latvian: saslimt — become ill
  • Laz: იზაბუნენ (izabunen) — become ill
  • Lithuanian: susirgti — become ill
  • Macedonian: заболува (zaboluva) — become ill
  • Macedonian: заболи (zaboli) — become ill
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bli syk — become ill
  • Persian: بیمار شدن (bimâr šodan) — become ill
  • Polish: zachorować — become ill
  • Portuguese: adoecer — become ill
  • Quechua: qishyay — become ill
  • Romanian: a se îmbolnăvi — become ill
  • Russian: заболева́ть (zabolevátʹ) — become ill
  • Russian: заболе́ть (zabolétʹ) — become ill
  • Russian: захвора́ть (zaxvorátʹ) — become ill
  • Russian: занеду́жить (zanedúžitʹ) — become ill
  • Russian: занемога́ть (zanemogátʹ) — become ill
  • Russian: занемо́чь (zanemóčʹ) — become ill
  • Northern Sami: buohccát — become ill
  • Campidanese Sardinian: ammaladiai — become ill
  • Sardinian: maladiàre — become ill
  • Sardinian: nesigare — become ill
  • Sassarese: cadí maraddu — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: разболе́вати се — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: разболије́вати се — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: разбо̀лети се — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: разбо̀љети се — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: razbolévati se — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: razbolijévati se — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: razbòleti se — become ill
  • Serbo-Croatian: razbòljeti se — become ill
  • Slovak: ochorieť — become ill
  • Slovak: onemocnieť — become ill
  • Slovak: zaľahnúť — become ill
  • Slovene: zbolevati — become ill
  • Slovene: zboleti — become ill
  • Lower Sorbian: schórjeś — become ill
  • Spanish: caer enfermo — become ill
  • Spanish: enfermar — become ill
  • Spanish: enfermarse — become ill
  • Spanish: caer malo — become ill
  • Spanish: contraer enfermedad — become ill
  • Swedish: insjukna — become ill
  • Swedish: bli sjuk — become ill
  • Tajik: бемор шудан (bemor šudan) — become ill
  • Thai: ล้มป่วย — become ill
  • Thai: ล้มเจ็บ — become ill
  • Turkish: hastalanmak — become ill
  • Turkish: hasta olmak — become ill
  • Turkish: rahatsızlanmak — become ill
  • Ottoman Turkish: خستهلانمق (hastalanmak) — become ill
  • Ukrainian: захво́рювати (zaxvórjuvaty) — become ill
  • Ukrainian: захворі́ти (zaxvoríty) — become ill
  • Ukrainian: занеду́жувати (zanedúžuvaty) — become ill
  • Ukrainian: занеду́жати (zanedúžaty) — become ill
  • Urdu: بیمار پڑنا (bīmār paṛnā) — become ill
  • Uzbek: kasallanmoq — become ill
  • Uzbek: betoblanmoq — become ill
  • Uzbek: kasal boʻlib qolmoq — become ill
  • Vietnamese: bị ốm — become ill
  • Volapük: malädikön — become ill
  • Welsh: mynd yn wael — become ill
  • Yámana: tamaia — become ill