filaria

== English == === Etymology === 19th century, from translingual Filaria (name of type genus), from Latin filum (“thread”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɪˈlɛəɹi.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /fəˈlɛɹi.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə === Noun === filaria (plural filariae or filarias) Any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis. ==== Hypernyms ==== (Filarioidea): roundworm ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Verb === filaria first/third-person singular conditional of filar == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English filaria. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fi.laˈri.a/ Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: fi‧la‧ri‧a === Noun === filaria filaria (any of the parasitic nematode worms of superfamily Filarioidea that lives in the blood of vertebrates and is transmitted by insects: the cause of filariasis) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “filaria”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Noun === filaria f (plural filarie) filaria ==== Derived terms ==== filariosi, filariasi == Portuguese == === Verb === filaria first/third-person singular conditional of filar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈlaɾja/ [fiˈla.ɾja] Rhymes: -aɾja Syllabification: fi‧la‧ria === Noun === filaria f (plural filarias) filaria === Adjective === filaria f feminine singular of filario === Further reading === “filaria”, 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