difteria

== Finnish == === Etymology === Internationalism (see French diphtérie), ultimately from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdifteriɑ/, [ˈdift̪e̞ˌriɑ̝] Rhymes: -iɑ Syllabification(key): dif‧te‧ri‧a Hyphenation(key): dif‧te‧ria === Noun === difteria diphtheria ==== Declension ==== == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: dif‧te‧ri‧a === Noun === difteria f (uncountable) (pathology) diphtheria (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract) === Further reading === “difteria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “difteria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /difˈteɾja/ [d̪ifˈt̪e.ɾja] Rhymes: -eɾja Syllabification: dif‧te‧ria === Noun === difteria f (uncountable) diphtheria === Further reading === “difteria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025