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tonsillitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the tonsils.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English tonsil Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English tonsillitis From tonsil + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: angjinë — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܗܵܒ݂ ܢܲܚܢܚܵܬܹ̈ܐ (šulhāw naḳnḳātē) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Armenian: նշիկաբորբ (nšikaborb) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Armenian: անգինա (angina) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Bulgarian: анги́на (angína) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Catalan: tonsilito — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扁桃體炎 /扁桃体炎 (biǎntáotǐyán) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Czech: angína — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Dutch: tonsillitis — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Esperanto: tonsilito — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Finnish: nielurisatulehdus — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Finnish: angiina — inflammation of the tonsils
  • French: amygdalite — inflammation of the tonsils
  • French: angine — inflammation of the tonsils
  • German: Mandelentzündung — inflammation of the tonsils
  • German: Tonsillitis — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Ancient Greek: κυνάγχη (kunánkhē) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Hungarian: mandulagyulladás — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Italian: tonsillite — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Japanese: 扁桃炎 (hentōen) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Japanese: 扁桃腺炎 (hentōsen'en) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Latin: angina — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Latin: tōlēs — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Macedonian: анги́на (angína) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Macedonian: грлобол (grlobol) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Mongolian: бах — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Mongolian: бүйлсэн булчирхайн үрэвсэл (büjlsen bulčirxajn ürevsel) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Norwegian: mandelbetennelse — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Polish: angina — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Portuguese: amigdalite — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Romanian: amigdalită — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Russian: тонзилли́т (tonzillít) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Russian: анги́на (angína) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Serbo-Croatian: angina — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Spanish: amigdalitis — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Swahili: mafindofindo — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Swedish: halsfluss — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Tagalog: maganggutil — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Turkish: anjin — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Turkish: boğak — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Turkish: hunnak — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Turkish: tonsilit — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Ukrainian: тонзиліт (tonzylit) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Ukrainian: ангіна (anhina) — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Vietnamese: viêm amidan — inflammation of the tonsils
  • Vietnamese: viêm hạch hạnh nhân — inflammation of the tonsils