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jaundice

noun · verb · 7 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/
  • Southern-England: Berkshire Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈd͡ʒɔndɪs/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒɑndɪs/ of Canada
  • US, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒændɚz/
  • US, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒɑndɚz/
  • US, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒɔndɚz/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˈd͡ʒɒndɪs/ of the US
  • Australian: /ˈd͡ʒoːndɪs/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈd͡ʒoːndəs/
  • rhymes with -ɔːndɪs
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AO1 N D AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: icterus

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a rough and bitter manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, tartness, thorniness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disagreeableness

5

noun

Meaning 5

yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: icterus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: symptom

Narrower terms: jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn, icterus neonatorum, kernicterus

6

verb

Meaning 6

affect with, or as if with, jaundice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: affect

7

verb

Meaning 7

distort adversely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deform, distort, strain

History

Etymology

From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: verdhëz — morbid condition
  • Albanian: verdhë — morbid condition
  • Amharic: የወፍ በሽታ (yäwäf bäšta) — morbid condition
  • Arabic: صُفَار (ṣufār) — morbid condition
  • Arabic: يَرَقَان (yaraqān) — morbid condition
  • Armenian: դեղնախտ (deġnaxt) — morbid condition
  • Aromanian: gãlbinari — morbid condition
  • Assamese: কুহুমসাৰ (kuhumxar) — morbid condition
  • Asturian: jaldía (Montañés) — morbid condition
  • Azerbaijani: sarılıq — morbid condition
  • Belarusian: жаўтуха (žawtuxa) — morbid condition
  • Bulgarian: жълтеница (žǎltenica) — morbid condition
  • Burmese: အသားဝါရောဂါ (a.sa:warau:ga) — morbid condition
  • Catalan: icterícia — morbid condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃疸 /黄疸 (huángdǎn) — morbid condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃疸病 /黄疸病 (huángdǎnbìng) — morbid condition
  • Czech: žloutenka — morbid condition
  • Danish: gulsot — morbid condition
  • Dutch: geelzucht — morbid condition
  • Dutch: (2)wrok — morbid condition
  • Dutch: afgunst — morbid condition
  • Esperanto: iktero — morbid condition
  • Finnish: keltaisuus — morbid condition
  • Finnish: keltatauti — morbid condition
  • Finnish: ikterus — morbid condition
  • French: jaunisse — morbid condition
  • Georgian: დანდალუკი (dandaluḳi) — morbid condition
  • German: Gelbsucht — morbid condition
  • German: Ikterus — morbid condition
  • Greek: ίκτερος (íkteros) — morbid condition
  • Ancient Greek: ἴκτερος (íkteros) — morbid condition
  • Hebrew: צהבת (tzahevet) — morbid condition
  • Hindi: पीलिया (pīliyā) — morbid condition
  • Hungarian: sárgaság — morbid condition
  • Icelandic: gula — morbid condition
  • Indonesian: sakit kuning — morbid condition
  • Irish: buíocháin — morbid condition
  • Italian: itterizia — morbid condition
  • Italian: ittero — morbid condition
  • Japanese: 黄疸 (ōdan) — morbid condition
  • Korean: 황달 (hwangdal) — morbid condition
  • Latin: aurūgō — morbid condition
  • Lezgi: саралух (saraluꭓ) — morbid condition
  • Lithuanian: gelta — morbid condition
  • Luxembourgish: Gielzecht — morbid condition
  • Macedonian: жолтица (žoltica) — morbid condition
  • Māori: mate kōwhai — morbid condition
  • Norwegian: gulsott — morbid condition
  • Persian: یرقان (yaraqân) — morbid condition
  • Plautdietsch: Jälesocht — morbid condition
  • Plautdietsch: Gaulsucht — morbid condition
  • Polish: żółtaczka — morbid condition
  • Portuguese: icterícia — morbid condition
  • Portuguese: trisa — morbid condition
  • Portuguese: amarelão — morbid condition
  • Romanian: gălbinare — morbid condition
  • Romanian: gălbenare — morbid condition
  • Romanian: icter — morbid condition
  • Russian: желту́ха (želtúxa) — morbid condition
  • Sanskrit: पाण्डु (pāṇḍu) — morbid condition
  • Scottish Gaelic: buidheach — morbid condition
  • Serbo-Croatian: жутица — morbid condition
  • Serbo-Croatian: žutica — morbid condition
  • Sikkimese: མཁྲིད་ནད (mkhrid nad) — morbid condition
  • Slovak: žltačka — morbid condition
  • Slovene: zlatenica — morbid condition
  • Spanish: ictericia — morbid condition
  • Swedish: gulsot — morbid condition
  • Swedish: ikterus — morbid condition
  • Tagalog: pamumunglo — morbid condition
  • Tamil: காமாலை (kāmālai) — morbid condition
  • Tamil: மஞ்சள் காமாலை (mañcaḷ kāmālai) — morbid condition
  • Telugu: కామెర్లు (kāmerlu) — morbid condition
  • Tocharian B: kamāl — morbid condition
  • Tocharian B: halimak — morbid condition
  • Turkish: sarılık — morbid condition
  • Ukrainian: жовтяниця (žovtjanycja) — morbid condition
  • Vietnamese: vàng da — morbid condition
  • Vietnamese: hoàng đản — morbid condition
  • Vilamovian: gaołzyft — morbid condition
  • Zazaki: zerdani — morbid condition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使......產生偏見 /使......产生偏见 (shǐ... chǎnshēng piānjiàn) — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • Finnish: sairastaa keltatautia — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • Finnish: mennä vihreäksi kateudesta — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • French: en faire une jaunisse — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • German: sich verfärben — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • German: rot anlaufen — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • Tagalog: mamunglo — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • Thai: ดีซ่าน (dii-sâan) — affect with jaundice; prejudice
  • Zazaki: zerdani veten — affect with jaundice; prejudice