outbreak

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• /ˈaʊtbɹeɪk/
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From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ūtābrecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- + break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out, burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutbreek (“outbreak”), West Frisian útbrek (“outbreak”), Dutch uitbraak (“outbreak”), and German Ausbruch (“outbreak”), and is comparable to Danish udbrud (“outbreak”), Faroese and Icelandic útbrot (“rash”), Norwegian utbrudd (“outbreak”), and Swedish utbrott (“outbreak”).

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَفَشٍّ (tafaššin) — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Bulgarian: изригване (izrigvane) — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Catalan: brot — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆發 /爆发 (bàofā) — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Danish: udbrud — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Dutch: uitbarsting — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Dutch: uitbraak — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Esperanto: ekapero — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Finnish: purkaus — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Finnish: puhkeaminen — an eruption, sudden appearance
• French: éruption — an eruption, sudden appearance
• French: déclenchement — an eruption, sudden appearance
• French: apparition — an eruption, sudden appearance
• German: Ausbruch — an eruption, sudden appearance
• German: Auftreten — an eruption, sudden appearance
• German: Entfesselung — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Irish: ráig — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Italian: scoppio — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Italian: insorgenza — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Māori: kautorohītanga — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Māori: kaitorohītanga — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Persian: شیوع (šoyu') — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Polish: wybuch — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Portuguese: surto — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Romanian: izbucnire — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Russian: вспы́шка (vspýška) — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Spanish: brote — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Spanish: irrupción — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Spanish: surgimiento — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Welsh: cychwyn — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Welsh: cychwyniad — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Welsh: tarddiant — an eruption, sudden appearance
• Bulgarian: изблик (izblik) — a sudden increase
• Chinese Mandarin: 激增 (jīzēng) — a sudden increase
• Danish: bølge — a sudden increase
• Dutch: uitbarsting — a sudden increase
• Dutch: explosie — a sudden increase
• Finnish: aalto — a sudden increase
• French: explosion — a sudden increase
• German: sprunghafter Anstieg — a sudden increase
• German: plötzliche Zunahme — a sudden increase
• German: Massenvermehrung (biol.) — a sudden increase
• German: Schwemme — a sudden increase
• Italian: diffusione — a sudden increase
• Persian: شیوع (šoyu') — a sudden increase
• Polish: wybuch — a sudden increase
• Bulgarian: въстание (vǎstanie) — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Chinese Mandarin: 一系列 (yīxìliè) — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Chinese Mandarin: 突發事端 /突发事端 (tūfā shìduān) — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Dutch: uitbarsting — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Dutch: uitbreken — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Finnish: purkaus — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Finnish: puhkeaminen — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• French: éruption — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• French: explosion — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• German: Ausbruch — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• German: plötzliches Auftreten — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• German: Lawine — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• German: Flut — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Irish: ráig — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Italian: esplosione — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Italian: eruzione — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Polish: wybuch — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Romanian: izbucnire — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Spanish: eclosión — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Spanish: surgimiento — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent
• Welsh: ffrwydrad — (fig.) an outburst or sudden eruption, especially violent