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plague

/pˈleɪɡ/PLAYG
/pˈleɪɡ/PLAYG

Meaningblow or wound

Common meaning: deadly infectious disease or severe trouble

Journey through time

  1. Latinplaga‘blow or wound’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftsblow or wound → afflictionplage‘affliction’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsaffliction → deadly infectious disease or severe troubleplague‘deadly infectious disease or severe trouble’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin plaga ‘blow or wound’.

Roots

  • plaga Latin “blow or wound”

Related words

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