Phrase guide

food poisoning

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any food-borne disease, such as salmonella, that typically causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and abdominal cramps.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: bacteriology, biology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bromatotoxism, foodborne illness, food-borne disease, ptomaine

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: sitotoxism

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noun

Meaning 2

illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gastrointestinal disorder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: illness, unwellness, malady, sickness

Narrower terms: botulism, mushroom poisoning, ptomaine, ptomaine poisoning, salmonellosis

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voedselvergiftiging — any food-borne disease
  • Azerbaijani: qida zəhərlənməsi — any food-borne disease
  • Catalan: toxiinfecció alimentària — any food-borne disease
  • Catalan: intoxicació alimentària — any food-borne disease
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食物中毒 (shíwù zhòngdú) — any food-borne disease
  • Czech: alimentární onemocnění — any food-borne disease
  • Danish: madforgiftning — any food-borne disease
  • Danish: fødevareforgiftning — any food-borne disease
  • Dutch: voedselvergiftiging — any food-borne disease
  • Estonian: toidumürgitus — any food-borne disease
  • Finnish: ruokamyrkytys — any food-borne disease
  • French: intoxication alimentaire — any food-borne disease
  • French: toxi-infection alimentaire — any food-borne disease
  • German: Lebensmittelvergiftung — any food-borne disease
  • Greek: τροφική δηλητηρίαση (trofikí dilitiríasi) — any food-borne disease
  • Hindi: भोजन विषात्तन (bhojan viṣāttan) — any food-borne disease
  • Hungarian: ételmérgezés — any food-borne disease
  • Icelandic: matareitrun — any food-borne disease
  • Irish: nimhiú bia — any food-borne disease
  • Japanese: 食中毒 (shokuchūdoku) — any food-borne disease
  • Korean: 식중독 (sikjungdok) — any food-borne disease
  • Norwegian Bokmål: matforgiftning — any food-borne disease
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: matforgifting — any food-borne disease
  • Polish: zatrucie pokarmowe — any food-borne disease
  • Portuguese: intoxicação alimentar — any food-borne disease
  • Portuguese: intoxicação gastrintestinal — any food-borne disease
  • Russian: пищево́е отравле́ние (piščevóje otravlénije) — any food-borne disease
  • Spanish: intoxicación alimentaria — any food-borne disease
  • Spanish: toxiinfección alimentaria — any food-borne disease
  • Spanish: emponzoñamiento alimenticio — any food-borne disease
  • Swedish: matförgiftning — any food-borne disease
  • Tamil: ஃபுட் பாய்சன் (fuṭ pāycaṉ) — any food-borne disease
  • Turkish: gıda zehirlenmesi — any food-borne disease
  • Ukrainian: харчове́ отру́єння (xarčové otrújennja) — any food-borne disease
  • Unami: niskxamùksuwakàn — any food-borne disease
  • Vietnamese: ngộ độc thực phẩm — any food-borne disease
  • Welsh: gwenwyn bwyd — any food-borne disease