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gonorrhea

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡɒn.əˈɹiː.ə/
  • General-American: /ˌɡɑn.əˈɹi.ə/
  • rhymes with -iːə
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  • CMU ARPABET: G AA2 N ER0 IY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sexually transmitted infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a species of bacteria (the gonococcus) that affects the mucous membrane of the genital and urinary tracts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clap

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gonorrhoea, clap

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD

History

Etymology

From New Latin, from Late Latin gonorrhoea, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia), from γόνος (gónos, “sperm, seed, offspring”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”) (ca. 1526). By surface analysis, gono- + -rrhea.

Across languages

Translations

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gonorree — STD
  • Arabic: سَيَلَان (sayalān) — STD
  • Arikara: karahkotkaáhux — STD
  • Armenian: սուսանակ (susanak) — STD
  • Armenian: գոնոռեա (gonoṙea) — STD
  • Assamese: গনৰিয়া (gonoria) — STD
  • Assiniboine: cé otùyąbi — STD
  • Asturian: gonorrea — STD
  • Azerbaijani: süzənək — STD
  • Azerbaijani: qonoreya — STD
  • Basque: gonorrea — STD
  • Belarusian: ганарэ́я (hanaréja) — STD
  • Bulgarian: гоноре́я (gonoréja) — STD
  • Bulgarian: три́пер (tríper) — STD
  • Burmese: ညောင်းကျရောဂါ (nyaung:kya.rau:ga) — STD
  • Burmese: ဆီးပူညောင်းကျ (hci:pu-nyaung:kya.) — STD
  • Catalan: gonocòccia — STD
  • Chinese Cantonese: 淋病 (lam4beng6) — STD
  • Chinese Mandarin: 淋病 (lìnbìng, línbìng) — STD
  • Wu Chinese: 淋病 (lin3bin3) — STD
  • Chuvash: гонорея (gonoreja) — STD
  • Chuvash: триппер (tripper) — STD
  • Czech: kapavka — STD
  • Dagbani: kpaɣipiɛliga — STD
  • Danish: gonoré — STD
  • Dhivehi: ކިހުނުވުން (kihunuvun̊) — STD
  • Dinka: biyuu — STD
  • Dinka: nyagino — STD
  • Dutch: gonorroe — STD
  • Dutch: druiper — STD
  • Esperanto: gonoreo — STD
  • Estonian: gonorröa — STD
  • Faroese: dryppari — STD
  • Finnish: tippuri — STD
  • Finnish: gonorrea — STD
  • French: gonorrhée — STD
  • French: blennorragie — STD
  • Galician: gonorrea — STD
  • Galician: blenorraxia — STD
  • Galician: blenorrea — STD
  • Galician: gonococia — STD
  • Georgian: გონორეა (gonorea) — STD
  • German: Gonorrhoe — STD
  • German: Tripper — STD
  • Central Franconian: Tripper — STD
  • Central Franconian: Gonorrhoe — STD
  • Greek: βλεννόρροια (vlennórroia) — STD
  • Ancient Greek: γονόρροια (gonórrhoia) — STD
  • Haitian Creole: gonore — STD
  • Hausa: ciwon sanyi — STD
  • Hebrew: זִיבָה (zivá) — STD
  • Hindi: प्रमेह (prameh) — STD
  • Hindi: गोनोरिया (gonoriyā) — STD
  • Hungarian: kankó — STD
  • Hungarian: tripper — STD
  • Icelandic: lekandi — STD
  • Ido: gonoreo — STD
  • Indonesian: kencing nanah — STD
  • Indonesian: gonore — STD
  • Irish: gónairith — STD
  • Italian: gonorrea — STD
  • Italian: scolo — STD
  • Jamaican Creole: ganariya — STD
  • Japanese: 淋病 (rinbyō) — STD
  • Kannada: ಗೊನೊರಿಯಾ (gonoriyā) — STD
  • Kashubian: tripel — STD
  • Kazakh: соз (soz) — STD
  • Kazakh: жіңішке (jıñışke) — STD
  • Khmer: ប្រមេះទឹកបាយ (prɑɑmihtɨkbaay) — STD
  • Korean: 임질 (imjil) — STD
  • Central Kurdish: سووزەنەک (sûzenek) — STD
  • Northern Kurdish: sûsenek — STD
  • Kyrgyz: сүзөк (süzök) — STD
  • Kyrgyz: гонорея (gonoreya) — STD
  • Latin: gonorrhoea — STD
  • Latvian: gonoreja — STD
  • Latvian: triperis — STD
  • Limburgish: druper — STD
  • Limburgish: gonorroe — STD
  • Lithuanian: gonorėja — STD
  • Low German: drüpper — STD
  • Low German: Gonorrhö — STD
  • Low German: Drüpper — STD
  • Macedonian: гонореја (gonoreja) — STD
  • Macedonian: трипер (triper) — STD
  • Macedonian: калавец (kalavec) — STD
  • Malagasy: angatra — STD
  • Malay: gonorea — STD
  • Malayalam: ഗൊണോറിയ (goṇōṟiya) — STD
  • Māori: pakiwhara — STD
  • Mingrelian: გონორეა (gonorea) — STD
  • Mingrelian: ტრიპერი (ṭriṗeri) — STD
  • Mongolian: заг (zag) — STD
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠭ (ǰaɣ) — STD
  • Nandi: kipnonog — STD
  • Neapolitan: scarfatura — STD
  • Nepali: धातुमेह (dhātumeha) — STD
  • N'Ko: ߞߙߐ߬ߛߌ߬ߣߍ߲ (krɔsinɛn) — STD
  • Norman: gôrre — STD
  • Norman: vétheule honteuse — STD
  • Norwegian: gonoré — STD
  • Odia: ଗନରିଆ (ganariā) — STD
  • Pashto: سوزاک (suzâk) — STD
  • Persian: سوزاک (suzâk) — STD
  • Persian: گنوره (gonore) — STD
  • Polish: rzeżączka — STD
  • Polish: wiewiór — STD
  • Polish: tryper — STD
  • Portuguese: gonorreia — STD
  • Romanian: gonoree — STD
  • Romanian: blenoragie — STD
  • Russian: гоноре́я (gonoréja) — STD
  • Russian: пари́жский на́сморк (parížskij násmork) — STD
  • Russian: три́ппер (trípper) — STD
  • Russian: три́пер (tríper) — STD
  • Russian: перело́й (perelój) — STD
  • Inari-Sami: tippur — STD
  • Inari-Sami: gonorrea — STD
  • Serbo-Croatian: гонореја — STD
  • Serbo-Croatian: gonoreja — STD
  • Serbo-Croatian: kapavac — STD
  • Shona: chizonono — STD
  • Shona: chinzonono — STD
  • Shona: gonoriya — STD
  • Sinhalese: සුදු බිංදුම (sudu biṁduma) — STD
  • Sinhalese: ගොනෝරියාව (gonōriyāwa) — STD
  • Slovak: kvapavka — STD
  • Slovak: gonorea — STD
  • Slovak: gonokoková infekcia — STD
  • Slovene: gonoreja — STD
  • Slovene: kapavica — STD
  • Spanish: gonorrea — STD
  • Sundanese: gonore — STD
  • Sundanese: gonoré — STD
  • Swahili: kisonono — STD
  • Swahili: kisalisali — STD
  • Swedish: gonorré — STD
  • Swedish: dröppel — STD
  • Tagalog: tulas — STD
  • Tagalog: gonoreya — STD
  • Tagalog: gonoria — STD
  • Tagalog: gonorea — STD
  • Tajik: сӯзок (süzok) — STD
  • Tajik: пармев (parmev) — STD
  • Tajik: гонорея (gonoreya) — STD
  • Tajik: триппер (tripper) — STD
  • Tamil: கொணோறியா (koṇōṟiyā) — STD
  • Tatar: гонорея (ğonoreyä) — STD
  • Telugu: సెగవ్యాధి (segavyādhi) — STD
  • Telugu: గనేరియా (ganēriyā) — STD
  • Thai: หนองใน — STD
  • Tibetan: གྲང་གཞི (grang gzhi) — STD
  • Tibetan: གྲང་བ (grang ba) — STD
  • Tok Pisin: gonoria — STD
  • Turkish: belsoğukluğu — STD
  • Turkish: gonore — STD
  • Ukrainian: гоноре́я (honoréja) — STD
  • Ukrainian: трипер (tryper) — STD
  • Ukrainian: чєрвєница (čjervjenyca) — STD
  • Ukrainian: наконе́шник (nakonéšnyk) — STD
  • Urdu: جریان (jryān) — STD
  • Uyghur: سۆزنەك (söznek) — STD
  • Uzbek: soʻzak — STD
  • Vietnamese: lậu mủ — STD
  • Vietnamese: lậu — STD
  • Waray-Waray: gonorea — STD
  • Yakut: бүлтүрэй (bültürey) — STD
  • Yakut: һонорейа (honoreya) — STD
  • Yurok: mechomee' — STD
  • Zhuang: nyouhin — STD