adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rheumatic
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: /ɹuːˈmætɪk/
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rhymes with -ætɪk
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CMU ARPABET: R UW0 M AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person suffering from rheumatism
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
of or pertaining to arthritis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- my creaky old joints
- rheumy with age and grief
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arthritic, creaky, rheumatoid, rheumy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a person suffering with rheumatism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
Etymology
From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός (rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ревматичен (revmatičen) — referring to rheumatism
- Catalan: reumàtic — referring to rheumatism
- Finnish: reumaattinen — referring to rheumatism
- Finnish: reuma- — referring to rheumatism
- French: rhumatismal — referring to rheumatism
- German: rheumatisch — referring to rheumatism
- Italian: reumatico — referring to rheumatism
- Kazakh: құздамалық (qūzdamalyq) — referring to rheumatism
- Macedonian: ревма́тичен (revmátičen) — referring to rheumatism
- Manx: aacheoidagh — referring to rheumatism
- Norwegian Bokmål: reumatisk — referring to rheumatism
- Norwegian Bokmål: revmatisk — referring to rheumatism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: reumatisk — referring to rheumatism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: revmatisk — referring to rheumatism
- Polish: reumatyczny — referring to rheumatism
- Portuguese: reumático — referring to rheumatism
- Russian: ревмати́ческий (revmatíčeskij) — referring to rheumatism
- Spanish: reumático — referring to rheumatism
- Swedish: reumatisk — referring to rheumatism
- Catalan: reumàtic — person suffering from rheumatism
- Finnish: reumaatikko — person suffering from rheumatism
- Finnish: reumasairas — person suffering from rheumatism
- Indonesian: reumatik — person suffering from rheumatism
- Kazakh: ревматизммен ауыратын адам (revmatizmmen auyratyn adam) — person suffering from rheumatism
- Macedonian: ревма́тичар (revmátičar) — person suffering from rheumatism
- Macedonian: ревмати́чарка (revmatíčarka) — person suffering from rheumatism
- Russian: ревма́тик (revmátik) — person suffering from rheumatism
- Swedish: reumatiker — person suffering from rheumatism
Real reading context