noun · verb · 14 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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ˈmizəlz/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmiːzəlz/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:M IY1 Z AH0 L Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An acute and highly contagious disease which often afflicts children caused by the virus Measles morbillivirus and causing red rashes, fever, runny nose, coughing, and red eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: 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
Any disease causing red rashes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Used as an intensifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of cysticercosis: A disease of livestock or meat caused by the presence of tapeworm larvae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rubeola, morbilli
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contagious disease, contagion
Narrower terms: German measles, rubella, three-day measles, epidemic roseola
History
Etymology
Either from Middle Dutch masels (“blood blisters, measels”) or Middle Low German maselen (“red blemishes, measels”), both from Old High German masala (“blood blister, phlegmon”). Doublet of measlings. Cognate with mazer & mase and Middle Low German masele & māsel. Influenced in pronunciation and some senses by mesel (“leprous, leper”).
From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”).
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
masels
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Arabic:
حَصْبَة
(ḥaṣba)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Arabic:
بوحمرون
(buḥamrūn)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Armenian:
կարմրուկ
(karmruk)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Assamese:
সৰু আই
(xoru ai)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Asturian:
sarapicu
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Asturian:
zarapicu
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Asturian:
xarampín
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Azerbaijani:
qızılca
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Bashkir:
ҡыҙылса
(qıźılsa)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Basque:
elgorri
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Belarusian:
адзёр
(adzjór)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Central Bikol:
tipdas
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Bulgarian:
морбили
(morbili)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Bulgarian:
дребна шарка
(drebna šarka)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Catalan:
xarampió
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Cherokee:
ᎤᏁᏲᏘᏍᎩ
(uneyotisgi)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Chinese Mandarin:
麻疹
(mázhěn)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Chukchi:
челгат
(selɣat)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Czech:
spalničky
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Danish:
mæslinger
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Dargwa:
аринж
(arinž)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Dutch:
mazelen
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Dutch:
morbilli
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Esperanto:
morbilo
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Estonian:
leetrid
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Faroese:
meslingar
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Finnish:
tuhkarokko
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
French:
rougeole
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Galician:
sarampelo
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Galician:
xarampón
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
German:
Masern
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Greek:
ιλαρά
(ilará)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Greenlandic:
mæslingit
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Guinea-Bissau Creole:
sarampa
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Hebrew:
חצבת
(ḥatsevet)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Hindi:
खसरा
(khasrā)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Hungarian:
kanyaró
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Icelandic:
mislingar
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Indonesian:
campak
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Irish:
bruitíneach
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Italian:
morbillo
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Japanese:
麻疹
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Khmer:
កញ្ជ្រឹល
(kɑɑkɑñcrɨl)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Korean:
홍역
(hong'yeok)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Central Kurdish:
سوورێژە
(sûrêje)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Northern Kurdish:
sorik
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Latin:
sirimpiō
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Latvian:
masalas
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Lithuanian:
tymai
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Luxembourgish:
Riedelen
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Macedonian:
сипаници
(sipanici)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Malay:
campak
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Maltese:
ħosba
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Māori:
mate karawaka
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Māori:
mītera
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Māori:
mītara
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Mongolian:
улаан бурхан
(ulaan burxan)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Mongolian:
улаан нуд
(ulaan nud)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Mongolian:
улаан нод
(ulaan nod)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Mongolian:
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ
(ulaɣan burqan)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Mongolian:
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠨᠣᠳ
(ulaɣan nod)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Khiamniungan Naga:
tsûkèih
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Norman:
rouogeule
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Norwegian Bokmål:
meslinger
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Norwegian Nynorsk:
meslingar
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Occitan:
sarrampiu
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Occitan:
senepiu
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Persian:
سرخک
(sorxak)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Polish:
odra
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Portuguese:
sarampo
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Romanian:
rujeolă
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Romanian:
pojar
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Russian:
корь
(korʹ)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Slovak:
osýpky
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Spanish:
sarampión
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Swahili:
surua
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Swahili:
ukambi
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Swedish:
mässling
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Tagalog:
tigdas
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Tamil:
தட்டம்மை
(taṭṭammai)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Tamil:
சின்னமுத்து
(ciṉṉamuttu)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Thai:
หัด
(hàt)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Turkish:
kızamık
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Ukrainian:
кір
(kir)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Unami:
màxkpehëleokàn
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Urdu:
خسرہ
(xasra)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Uyghur:
قىزىل
(qizil)
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Vietnamese:
sởi
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Volapük:
morbil
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Walloon:
rovioûles
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Walloon:
rodjetes
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Welsh:
y frech goch
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Zazaki:
surıc
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
Zazaki:
surani
— disease caused by M. morbillivirus
