plague

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From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German plāge; Middle High German plāge, pflāge (> German Plage); plāgen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English wōl.

277 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: murtajë — specific disease "the Plague"
• Arabic: طَاعُون (ṭāʕūn) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Armenian: ժանտախտ (žantaxt) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Azerbaijani: taun — specific disease "the Plague"
• Belarusian: чума́ (čumá) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Bengali: প্লেগ (pleg) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Bulgarian: чума (čuma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Catalan: pesta — specific disease "the Plague"
• Chinese Mandarin: 鼠疫 (shǔyì) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Czech: mor — specific disease "the Plague"
• Danish: pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Dutch: pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Esperanto: bubona pesto — specific disease "the Plague"
• Estonian: katk — specific disease "the Plague"
• Faroese: svartideyði — specific disease "the Plague"
• Finnish: rutto — specific disease "the Plague"
• French: peste — specific disease "the Plague"
• Galician: a praga — specific disease "the Plague"
• Galician: a peste — specific disease "the Plague"
• Georgian: შავი ჭირი (šavi č̣iri) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Georgian: ჟამი (žami) — specific disease "the Plague"
• German: Pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Greek: πανώλη (panóli) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Greek: πανούκλα (panoúkla) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Hebrew: דֶּבֶר (déver) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Hindi: प्लेग (pleg) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Hindi: ताऊन (tāūn) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Hittite: 𒄭𒅔𒃷 (ḫinkan) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Hungarian: pestis — specific disease "the Plague"
• Icelandic: plága — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ingrian: cuma — specific disease "the Plague"
• Irish: plá — specific disease "the Plague"
• Italian: peste — specific disease "the Plague"
• Japanese: ペスト (pesuto) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Japanese: 黒死病 (kokushibyō) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Kazakh: оба (oba) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Korean: 페스트 (peseuteu) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Kyrgyz: чума (cuma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Latvian: mēris — specific disease "the Plague"
• Lithuanian: maras — specific disease "the Plague"
• Luxembourgish: Pescht — specific disease "the Plague"
• Macedonian: чума (čuma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Mongolian: тахал (taxal) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Norwegian Bokmål: pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Occitan: pèsta — specific disease "the Plague"
• Persian: طاعون (tâ'un) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Persian: مرگامرگ (margâmarg) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Piedmontese: pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Polish: dżuma — specific disease "the Plague"
• Portuguese: peste negra — specific disease "the Plague"
• Portuguese: peste bubónica — specific disease "the Plague"
• Portuguese: peste bubônica — specific disease "the Plague"
• Portuguese: peste — specific disease "the Plague"
• Portuguese: praga — specific disease "the Plague"
• Romanian: ciumă — specific disease "the Plague"
• Romanian: pestă — specific disease "the Plague"
• Russian: чума́ (čumá) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Scottish Gaelic: plàigh — specific disease "the Plague"
• Serbo-Croatian: куга — specific disease "the Plague"
• Serbo-Croatian: kuga — specific disease "the Plague"
• Slovak: mor — specific disease "the Plague"
• Slovene: kuga — specific disease "the Plague"
• Spanish: plaga — specific disease "the Plague"
• Spanish: peste — specific disease "the Plague"
• Swahili: tauni — specific disease "the Plague"
• Swedish: pest — specific disease "the Plague"
• Tajik: тоун (toun) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Tajik: вабо (vabo) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Tatar: чума (çuma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Thai: กาฬโรค (gaan-lá-rôok) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Turkish: veba — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ottoman Turkish: وبا (veba) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ottoman Turkish: چوما (çuma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ottoman Turkish: یومروجق (yumrucak) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ottoman Turkish: طاعون (taʼun) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Turkmen: gyrgyn — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ukrainian: чума́ (čumá) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Ukrainian: джу́ма (džúma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Urdu: طاعون (tā'ūn) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Uyghur: ۋابا (waba) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Uyghur: چۇما (chuma) — specific disease "the Plague"
• Uzbek: toun — specific disease "the Plague"
• Uzbek: chuma — specific disease "the Plague"
• Uzbek: vabo — specific disease "the Plague"
• Uzbek: oʻlat — specific disease "the Plague"
• Vietnamese: dịch hạch — specific disease "the Plague"
• Welsh: pla du — specific disease "the Plague"
• Welsh: haint y nodau — specific disease "the Plague"
• Welsh: plag — specific disease "the Plague"
• Yiddish: פּעסט — specific disease "the Plague"
• Arabic: طَاعُون (ṭāʕūn) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Armenian: ժանտախտ (žantaxt) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Armenian: ժանտամահ (žantamah) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Azerbaijani: qırğın — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Belarusian: мор (mor) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Bulgarian: мор (mor) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Catalan: pesta — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Catalan: plaga — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Chinese Mandarin: 瘟疫 (wēnyì) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Chinese Mandarin: 疫癘 /疫疠 (yìlì) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Dutch: pest — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Dutch: plaag — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Esperanto: pesto — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Estonian: rändtaud — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Faroese: pest — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Faroese: pestur — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Finnish: kulkutauti — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• French: peste — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Galician: praga — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Georgian: ჭირი (č̣iri) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• German: Plage — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• German: Seuche — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Greek: πανδημία (pandimía) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Greek: λοιμός (loimós) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Greek: επιδημία (epidimía) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Ancient Greek: λοιμός (loimós) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Hebrew: מַגֵּפָה (magefá) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Hungarian: járvány — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Icelandic: plága — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Irish: plá — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Italian: pestilenza — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Japanese: 疫病 (ekibyō) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Japanese: 疫癘 (ekirei) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Japanese: 伝染病 (densenbyō) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Japanese: 感染症 (kansenshō) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Khmer: ប៉េស្ត (peeh) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Khmer: ពិសឆ្លង (pɨh clɑɑŋ) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Khmer: រោគពិស (rook pɨh) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Latin: pestis — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Latin: luēs — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Latin: clades — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Latvian: sērga — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Macedonian: помор (pomor) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Macedonian: епидемија (epidemija) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Macedonian: мор (mor) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Māori: urutā — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Māori: mate urutā — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Mongolian: тахал (taxal) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Norman: mouôthinne — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Norwegian Bokmål: pest — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Norwegian Bokmål: pestepidemi — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pest — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pestepidemi — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Occitan: pèsta — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Old English: wōl — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Polish: plaga — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Portuguese: praga — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Portuguese: peste — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Romanian: ciumă — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Romanian: pestă — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Russian: мор (mor) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Russian: чума́ (čumá) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Russian: эпиде́мия (epidémija) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Russian: пове́трие (povétrije) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Scottish Gaelic: plàigh — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Serbo-Croatian: epidemija — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Spanish: plaga — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Tagalog: salot — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Ottoman Turkish: طاعون (taʼun) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Ottoman Turkish: خستهلق (hastalık) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Ukrainian: мір (mir) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Ukrainian: мертвя́чка (mertvjáčka) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Ukrainian: чума́ (čumá) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Vietnamese: đại dịch — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Vietnamese: bệnh dịch — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Welsh: pla — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Yiddish: מגפה (mageyfe) — an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence
• Armenian: աղետ (aġet) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Armenian: դժվախտություն (džvaxtutʻyun) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Armenian: պատուհաս (patuhas) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Armenian: պատիժ (patiž) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Basque: izurrite — widespread affliction, calamity
• Bulgarian: бедствие (bedstvie) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Catalan: plaga — widespread affliction, calamity
• Danish: plage — widespread affliction, calamity
• Danish: pestilens — widespread affliction, calamity
• Dutch: pest — widespread affliction, calamity
• Dutch: plaag — widespread affliction, calamity
• Esperanto: plago — widespread affliction, calamity
• Estonian: katk — widespread affliction, calamity
• Faroese: plága — widespread affliction, calamity
• Finnish: vitsaus — widespread affliction, calamity
• French: fléau — widespread affliction, calamity
• French: plaie — widespread affliction, calamity
• French: calamité — widespread affliction, calamity
• Galician: praga — widespread affliction, calamity
• German: Plage — widespread affliction, calamity
• German: Geißel — widespread affliction, calamity
• Greek: μάστιγα (mástiga) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Greek: πληγή (pligí) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Ancient Greek: μάστιξ (mástix) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Hebrew: מַכָּה (makká) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Hungarian: csapás — widespread affliction, calamity
• Irish: plá — widespread affliction, calamity
• Italian: piaga — widespread affliction, calamity
• Italian: calamità — widespread affliction, calamity
• Japanese: 伝染 (densen) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Japanese: 大量発生 (tairyōhassei) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Macedonian: беда (beda) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Macedonian: напаст (napast) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Norwegian Bokmål: farsott — widespread affliction, calamity
• Occitan: pèsta — widespread affliction, calamity
• Occitan: plaga — widespread affliction, calamity
• Old English: wōl — widespread affliction, calamity
• Persian: بلا (balâ) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Polish: mangina — widespread affliction, calamity
• Portuguese: praga — widespread affliction, calamity
• Portuguese: peste — widespread affliction, calamity
• Russian: бе́дствие (bédstvije) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Russian: беда́ (bedá) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Russian: напа́сть (napástʹ) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Russian: наше́ствие (našéstvije) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Russian: бич (bič) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Russian: казнь (kaznʹ) — widespread affliction, calamity
• Volapük: tomod — widespread affliction, calamity
• Welsh: plag — widespread affliction, calamity
• Bulgarian: неприятност (neprijatnost) — a nuisance
• Catalan: plaga — a nuisance
• Dutch: pest — a nuisance
• Dutch: ellende — a nuisance
• Dutch: kwelling — a nuisance
• Faroese: plága — a nuisance
• Finnish: riesa — a nuisance
• French: plaie — a nuisance
• French: calamité — a nuisance
• Galician: praga — a nuisance
• German: Plage — a nuisance
• German: Quälgeist — a nuisance
• German: Übel — a nuisance
• Irish: plá — a nuisance
• Italian: piaga — a nuisance
• Japanese: 悩みの種 (nayami no tane) — a nuisance
• Japanese: 厄介 (yakkai) — a nuisance
• Macedonian: напаст (napast) — a nuisance
• Occitan: pèsta — a nuisance
• Occitan: plaga — a nuisance
• Portuguese: incómodo — a nuisance
• Portuguese: incômodo — a nuisance
• Portuguese: peste — a nuisance
• Scottish Gaelic: plàigh — a nuisance
• Spanish: plaga — a nuisance
• Welsh: pla — a nuisance
• Welsh: plag — a nuisance
• Bulgarian: тормозя (tormozja) — to harass
• Dutch: kwellen — to harass
• Dutch: pesten — to harass
• Finnish: kiusata — to harass
• Finnish: vaivata — to harass
• French: affliger — to harass
• German: zusetzen — to harass
• Italian: affliggere — to harass
• Italian: molestare — to harass
• Italian: tormentare — to harass
• Japanese: 悩ます (nayamasu) — to harass
• Māori: mui — to harass
• Māori: pōrearea — to harass
• Portuguese: incomodar — to harass
• Portuguese: atormentar — to harass
• Portuguese: afligir — to harass
• Spanish: plagar — to harass
• Spanish: molestar — to harass
• Spanish: atormentar — to harass
• Spanish: asaetear — to harass
• Bulgarian: заразявам (zarazjavam) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Bulgarian: поразявам (porazjavam) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Dutch: teisteren — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Finnish: vaivata — to afflict with disease or calamity
• German: plagen — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Greek: μαστίζω (mastízo) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Greek: κατατρύχω (katatrýcho) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Greek: βασανίζω (vasanízo) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Greek: πλήττω (plítto) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Italian: affliggere — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Italian: travagliare — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Japanese: 感染する (kansen suru) — to afflict with disease or calamity
• Japanese: 蔓延する (man'en suru) — to afflict with disease or calamity