Phrase guide

sore throat

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: strep throat

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The same, as a common symptom for many viral and bacterial infections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

inflammation of the fauces and pharynx

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pharyngitis, raw throat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammatory disease

Narrower terms: streptococcal sore throat, strep throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, septic sore throat, throat infection

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب حَلْق (iltihāb ḥalq) — symptom
  • Bulgarian: възпалено гърло (vǎzpaleno gǎrlo) — symptom
  • Chinese Cantonese: 喉嚨痛 /喉咙痛 — symptom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咽喉痛 (yānhóutòng) — symptom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喉嚨痛 /喉咙痛 (hóulóngtòng) — symptom
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喉痛 (hóutòng) — symptom
  • Czech: bolest v krku — symptom
  • Danish: ondt i halsen — symptom
  • Danish: halsonde — symptom
  • Dutch: keelpijn — symptom
  • Finnish: kurkkukipu — symptom
  • French: mal de gorge (maux de gorge pl) — symptom
  • French: angine — symptom
  • Georgian: ყელი მტკივა (q̇eli mṭḳiva) — symptom
  • German: Halsschmerz — symptom
  • German: Halsschmerzen — symptom
  • German: Halsentzündung — symptom
  • German: Halsweh — symptom
  • Greenlandic: toqqusaarlunneq — symptom
  • Italian: mal di gola — symptom
  • Japanese: 咽頭痛 (intōtsū) — symptom
  • Persian: گلودرد (galudard) — symptom
  • Polish: ból gardła — symptom
  • Portuguese: garganta inflamada — symptom
  • Romanian: durere de gât — symptom
  • Russian: больно́е го́рло (bolʹnóje górlo) — symptom
  • Russian: анги́на (angína) — symptom
  • Russian: боль в го́рле (bolʹ v górle) — symptom
  • Northern Sami: čottabávččas — symptom
  • Serbo-Croatian: grlobolja — symptom
  • Spanish: dolor de garganta — symptom
  • Swedish: ont i halsen — symptom
  • Swedish: halsont — symptom
  • Turkish: boğaz ağrısı — symptom
  • Vietnamese: đau họng — symptom
  • Vietnamese: đau cổ họng — symptom
  • Vietnamese: viêm họng — symptom
  • Volapük: slugadol — symptom
  • Volapük: slugaflamat — symptom
  • Welsh: dolur gwddf — symptom
  • Welsh: gwddf tost — symptom