noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹuːˈbɛlə/
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rhymes with -ɛlə
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noun
Meaning 1
A mild disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract, and characterised by a rash of pink dots, fever and swollen lymph nodes.
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
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noun
Meaning 2
a contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: German measles, three-day measles, epidemic roseola
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: measles, rubeola, morbilli
History
Etymology
From Latin rubellus (“reddish”), diminutive of ruber (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh-.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
կարմրախտ
(karmraxt)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Azerbaijani:
məxmərək
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Belarusian:
красну́ха
(krasnúxa)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Bulgarian:
рубеола
(rubeola)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Catalan:
rubèola
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Chinese Mandarin:
風疹 /风疹
(fēngzhěn)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Chinese Mandarin:
三日麻疹
(sānrì mázhěn)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Chinese Mandarin:
德國麻疹 /德国麻疹
(Déguó mázhěn)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Czech:
zarděnky
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Danish:
røde hunde
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Dutch:
rubella
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Dutch:
rodehond
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Esperanto:
rubeolo
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Finnish:
vihurirokko
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
French:
rubéole
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
German:
Röteln
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Greek:
ερυθρά
(erythrá)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Hebrew:
אַדֶּמֶת
(adémet)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Hungarian:
rózsahimlő
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Hungarian:
rubeola
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Indonesian:
rubela
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Indonesian:
campak Jerman
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Irish:
bruitíneach dhearg
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Italian:
rosolia
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Japanese:
風疹
(fūshin)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Japanese:
三日はしか
(mikka-hashika)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Japanese:
三日ばしか
(mikka-bashika)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Lithuanian:
raudonukė
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Luxembourgish:
Riselen
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
улаан эсэргэнэ
(ulaan esergene)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
сэрхнэд
(serxned)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
улаанууд
(ulaanuud)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
салхин эсэргэнэ
(salxin esergene)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨᠡ
(ulaɣan esergen-e)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
ᠰᠡᠷᠬᠡᠨᠦᠳ
(serkenüd)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Mongolian:
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠤᠳ ᠰᠠᠯᠬᠢᠨ ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠡᠨᠡ
(ulaɣanud)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Polish:
różyczka
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Polish:
kur
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Portuguese:
rubéola
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Russian:
красну́ха
(krasnúxa)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Sicilian:
russànija
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Slovak:
ružienka
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Slovak:
rubeola
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Spanish:
rubéola
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Swedish:
röda hund
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Tagalog:
tigdas-hangin
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Turkish:
kızamıkçık
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Ukrainian:
красну́ха
(krasnúxa)
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Welsh:
brech goch yr Almaen
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Welsh:
y frech Almaenig
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
Welsh:
rwbela
— disease caused by the Rubella virus infecting the respiratory tract
