typhus

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin typhus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-, extended form of *dʰew- (“scatter like dust”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaɪfəs/ Rhymes: -aɪfəs === Noun === typhus (usually uncountable, plural typhuses) (pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. ==== Synonyms ==== camp fever, gaol fever, hospital fever, jail fever, prison fever, putrid fever, ship fever ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Typhus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Typhoid fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Ancient Greek; see above. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ti.fys/ === Noun === typhus m (invariable) typhus ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: tifüs === Further reading === “typhus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Early modern coinage from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”). === Noun === tȳphus m (genitive tȳphī); second declension (medicine) a form, type, or character of a fever. (Medieval Latin) A periodic fever. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: tifus → Danish: tyfus → English: typhus → French: typhus → German: Typhus → Italian: tifo → Korean: 티푸스 (tipuseu) → Russian: тиф (tif) → Sicilian: tifu → Spanish: tifus